Unknown: Sandside Bay, Pentland Firth
Sloop (18th Century)
Site Name Unknown: Sandside Bay, Pentland Firth
Classification Sloop (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bay Of Sandside; North Sea
Canmore ID 288558
Site Number NC96NE 8017
NGR NC 963 657
NGR Description NC c. 963 657
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NC96NE 8017 c. 963 657
N58 34 W3 47
NLO: Sandside Bay [name: ND 963 657]
Pentland Firth [name centred ND 35 81].
(Classified as sloop: no cargo specified, but date of loss entered as 1788). Unknown: this vessel was wrecked at Bay of Sandside [Sandside Bay], possibly between 1781 and 1788.
(Location of loss cited as N58 34.0 W3 47.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 May 2007.