What is recorded here
Castlebay water still breaks over a requisitioned steam trawler lost in 1917. The ship became an obstruction that night, its hull hidden beneath Atlantic green and Barra wind. It has watched the bay ever since, waiting for someone to remember the seam between marine and memory.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Amplify [possibly]: Sgeir A' Scape, Castlebay, Barra, Atlantic as Obstruction (period Unassigned)-(1917), Requisitioned Steam Trawler (20th Century)-(1917), Steam Trawler (20th Century)-(1917). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Sgeir Dubh, Barra, BeaconBeacon (period Unassigned) · 1717 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 1.0 mi
Sgeir na MuiceIslet · 1.1 mi
SnuasamulIslet · 1.1 mi
Old bridge supportsHeritage place · 1.2 mi
Uineasan beachBeach · 1.2 mi
Vatersay, UinessanHut Circle (prehistoric)(possible) · 1.2 mi
Beach between Vatersay and UineasanBeach · 1.2 mi
Creag MhòrMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Slipway of Kisimul CastleCastle, fort or tower · 1.4 mi
Kisimul Castle, viewed from the eastCastle, fort or tower · 1.4 mi
Port Tuath an UidheBay · 1.5 mi