What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ben May: Luce Bay, Mull of Galloway, Solway Firth as Steamship (20th Century)-(1938). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Ben May* was a 20th-century steamship wrecked in 1938 near Luce Bay, Mull of Galloway, in the Solway Firth. It was lost with no lives reported lost, though its cargo of coal was abandoned; the wreck remains a notable maritime archaeological site in the region.
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Places near here
East TarbetBay · 1622 yd
RSPB Mull of Galloway Visitor CentreVisitor information · 1735 yd
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Visitor CentreVisitor Centre (modern) · 1742 yd
Mull of Galloway, Harbour, CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
PortankillFlint Scatter (prehistoric) · 1.1 mi
Cairnie HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Kennedy's CairnMemorial · 1.1 mi
Mull of Galloway, Kennedy's CairnCairn (period Unassigned), Flint Scatter (prehistoric) · 1.2 mi
Fair Morn: West Tarbet, Mull of Galloway, North ChannelMotor Drifter (20th Century)-(1961), Motor Trawler (20th Century)-(1961) · 1.3 mi
Peep-o-day: Port Kemin, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelBrig (19th Century) · 2.1 mi
Knock KnoweMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Cairngarroch BayBay · 2.7 mi