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Rosies: Corpach, Loch Eil

Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)

Site Name Rosies: Corpach, Loch Eil

Classification Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'At The East End Of Loch Eil, Near Bona Lighthouse'; Corpach Lighthouse; Fort William; Rosies

Canmore ID 293502

Site Number NN07NE 8005

NGR NN 095 766

NGR Description NN c. 095 766

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

NN07NE 8005 c. 095 766

N56 50 W5 8

NLO: Loch Eil [name centred NN 02 77]

Corpach [name: NN 099 769]

Fort William [name: NN 105 740].

Possibly on map sheet NN17NW.

(Classified as M[otor] F[ishing] V[essel]: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 22 August 1921). Rosies: this vessel caught fire, [and was] beached at the East end of Loch Eil, near Bona [Corpach] Lighthouse.

Registration: Lossiemouth. 55nrt.

(Location of loss cited as N56 52.0 W5 8.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. 'Bona Lighthouse' is probably a misnaming of Corpach Lighthouse (NN 09551 76634), at the SW entrance to the Caledonian Canal, for which see NN07NE 9.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 20 March 2008.

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Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 1803

Name : ROSIES

Latitude : 565200

Longitude : 50800

Registration : LOSSIEMOUTH

Type : MFV

Tonnage : 55

Tonnage Code : N

Loss Day : 22

Loss Month : 8

Loss Year : 1921

Comment : Fire, beached at east end Loch Eil, near Bona Lighthouse.

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