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