What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Avro Shackleton: Scallastle Bay, Sound of Mull as Aircraft (20th Century)-(1953). 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.
The Avro Shackleton was a British Royal Air Force aircraft that crashed into Scallastle Bay, Sound of Mull, in 1953. The wreck is significant as a 20th-century military aviation site, though details on casualties or specific mission context are not widely recorded.
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Places near here
Ardtornish Point, BeaconBeacon (period Unassigned) · 1381 yd
Ardtornish CastleCastle (medieval) · 1497 yd
ArdtornishQuay (period Unassigned) · 1533 yd
Ban EileananIslet · 1.1 mi
Ardtornish BayFish Trap (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Ardtornish Estate, Old Ardtornish SteadingFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Scallastle BayBay · 1.5 mi
Glen Carradale: Loch Aline Jetty, Sound of MullMotor Fishing Vessel (20th Century) · 2.6 mi
Loch AlineBay · 2.9 mi
CraignureVisitor information · 3.0 mi
Craignure War memorialMemorial · 3.3 mi
Dùn da GhaoitheMountain / peak · 3.4 mi