Find Spot record 1895 - UNKNOWN; SUIDHEACHAN, BARRA

NF60NE 8 6917 0602

The remains of a wooden vessel carrying a cargo of slate and coal are eroding out of a sand dune above the present high water mark (at NF 69177 06021). Photographs, a sketch and small finds (iron nail and fragments of coal and wood) have been sent to Dr R Langhorne, Museum nan Eilean, Stornoway.
Visited by Dr D Gilbertson (Sheffield University), 20 June 1994.
Information from Dr Gilbertson per Mr P Ashmore (SDD) and Mr D Simpson (ADU, SIMS), 22 November 1994

NF60NE 8000 6922 0604
N 57 1.6 W 7 27.1667

Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB

Surveying Details
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19 March 1993. An old wreck is reported to have been uncovered during movement of sand dunes just west of the airport building on the Isle of Barra. Apparently, it had cargo of slate and coal.
Report given by Mr McNeill, BBC Ro Lingael during telephone conversation.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

1. Traigh Eias
Site Type : Shipwreck
Remains of a wooden sailing ship with roofing slates and coal. the boat appears to be c.30 m long , with remains of a mast.Seen in 1991/1992 following movement and erosion at the edge of the dune system.
Branigan and Grattan 1998 p8

Also in Branigan and Foster 2000, 11

NF60NE 8001 6917 0620
N57 1.68 W7 27.24

Formerly entered as NF60NE 8.

NLO: Traigh Eais [name centred NF 692 067].

Location formerly cited [by Hydrographic Office] as NM 6922 0604 [N57 1.6 W7 27.1667].

Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB

Surveying Details
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19 March 1993. An old wreck is reported to have been uncovered during movement of sand dunes just west of the airport building on the Isle of Barra. Apparently, it had cargo of slate and coal.
Report given by Mr McNeill, BBC Ro Lingael during telephone conversation.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

(Formerly recorded as NF60NE 8 at cited location NF 6917 0602). The remains of a wooden vessel carrying a cargo of slate and coal are eroding out of a sand dune above the present high water mark (at NF 69177 06021). Photographs, a sketch and small finds (iron nail and fragments of coal and wood) have been sent to Dr R Langhorne, Museum nan Eilean, Stornoway.
Visited by Dr D Gilbertson (Sheffield University), 20 June 1994.
Information from Dr Gilbertson per Mr P Ashmore (SDD) and Mr D Simpson (ADU, SIMS), 22 November 1994.

REPORT DATE: 02/03/2004

Keith Branigan & John Grattan, 1998, Coastal Assessment Survey Barra and Vatersay (Bibliographic reference). SWE41024.

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.