Alternative Names 'Near Irvine Bar'; Irvine; Ardeer Spit; River Garnock; Outer Clyde Estuary
Site type CRAFT (19TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 274514
Site Number NS33SW 8083
NGR NS 303 380
Latitude N 55 36.4
Longitude W 4 41.7
Council NORTH AYRSHIRE
Parish MARITIME - NORTH AYRSHIRE
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District MARITIME
Former County MARITIME

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Archaeological Notes

NS33SW 8083 c. 303 380
N55 36.4 W4 41.7

NLO: Irvine [name: NS 325 395]
Irvine Bay [name: NS 295 378].

Possibly on map sheet NS23SE.

Androssan, 21st Aug. `A vessel reported to be the JOHN, Barclay, from Belfast, for Irvine, was stranded near Irvine Bar this morning.'
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 7327, London, Monday August 28 1837.
NMRS, MS/829/71 (no. 7239).

The location cited for this loss is essentially tentative. Irvine Bar is not noted on the 1998 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map, but the River Garnock enters Irvine Bay at NS 303 380 and the bar may be envisaged as a Southeastwards extension of Ardeer Spit.
The loss of this vessel is not cited by I G Whittaker (1998), presumably suggesting her successful recovery.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 August 2005.