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Unknown: Milton Ness, North Sea

Sloop (19th Century)

Site Name Unknown: Milton Ness, North Sea

Classification Sloop (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'At Milton'; Milton Of Mathers

Canmore ID 313337

Site Number NO76SE 8010

NGR NO 771 647

NGR Description NO c. 771 647

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

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Loss (2 January 1800)

(Classified as sloop: no cargho specified, but date of loss cited as 2 January 1800). Unknown: [this vessel] stranded at Milton [Ness]. Capt. Greyburn.

Registration: Thorne [South Yorkshire].

(Location of loss cited as N56 46.50 W2 22.50).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Named Location (Nlo) (11 October 2011)

NLO: Milton Ness [name: NO 771 647].

Note (11 October 2011)

(Location entered as NO c. 771 647 [N56 46.4 W2 22.5]). The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative, 'Milton' being equated with Milton Ness.

Alternatively, the use of this place-name may indicate that the vessel stranded at NO c. 774 653, in front of Milton of Mathers steading (NO76SE 23), which is situated inland, at NO 77071 65703.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 October 2011.

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