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Lady Kyth: Sandside, Pentland Firth

Sloop (19th Century)

Site Name Lady Kyth: Sandside, Pentland Firth

Classification Sloop (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Sandside Bay; Sandside Head; North Sea; Lady Kyth

Canmore ID 288557

Site Number NC96NE 8016

NGR NC 96 65

NGR Description NC c. 96 65

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

NC96NE 8016 c. 96 65

N58 34 W3 47

NLO: Sandside Bay [name: ND 963 657]

Sandside Head [name: ND 954 664]

Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].

Possibly on map sheet NC96NW.

(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 1854). Lady Kyth: this vessel was lost at Sandside.

Registration: inverness. Built 1833. 20 tons burthern. Length: 11m. Beam: 4m.

(Location of loss cited as N58 34.0 W3 47.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tenttaive. It remains unclear whether the vessel stranded or foundered: the former appears more probable.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2007.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 15613

Name : LADY KYTH

Latitude : 583400

Longitude : 34700

Date Built : 1833

Registration : INVERNESS

Type : SLOOP

Tonnage : 20

Tonnage Code : B

Length : 11

Beam : 4

Loss Year : 1854

Comment : Lost at Sandside.

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