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Unknown: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea

Craft (19th Century)

Site Name Unknown: Wick Harbour Entrance, North Sea

Classification Craft (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Wick Bay; Wick Breakwater

Canmore ID 268426

Site Number ND35SE 8088

NGR ND 368 509

NGR Description ND c. 368 509

Datum Datum not recorded

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Maritime - Highland
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

ND35SE 8088 c. 368 509

N58 26.5 W3 5

NLO: Wick [name: ND 361 508]

Wick Bay [name centred ND 376 506].

Wick, Aug. 21, a fishing-boat belonging to Banff struck on the wreck of the breakwater today and sank.

Source: Shipping Intelligence, LL, No. 20,694, London, Tuesday August 24 [1880].

NMRS, MS/829/70 (no. 4998).

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Wick Harbour (ND35SE 66.00) is centred at ND 36820 50670.

The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 November 2004.

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