What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ballista: Eilean Rubha An Ridire, Sound of Mull as Steamship (20th Century)-(1973). 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 *Ballista* was a steamship wrecked in the 20th century, specifically recorded as lost by 1973, near Eilean Rubha An Ridire in the Sound of Mull. Details of the loss, including cause, lives or cargo lost, are not specified in the record, and its wider historical significance remains unclear.
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Places near here
Eilean Rubha An RidireGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 148 yd
Glas Eileanan, Sound of MullBeacon (period Unassigned) · 1161 yd
Inninmore BayGravestone (post Medieval), Millstone Quarry(s) (post Medieval), Quarry(s) (medieval) · 1275 yd
Scallastle BayBay · 1.9 mi
Craignure BayBay · 2.0 mi
CraignureVisitor information · 2.2 mi
ArdtornishQuay (period Unassigned) · 2.3 mi
Ardtornish CastleCastle (medieval) · 2.3 mi
Craignure War memorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Ban EileananIslet · 3.0 mi
An SleaghachMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Murray and Olive Guthrie Memorial CrossMemorial · 3.1 mi