What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Chindwin: Salt Pans Bay, Larbrax, North Channel as Steam Trawler (19th Century)-(1895). 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 *Chindwin* was a 19th-century steam trawler, built in 1895, wrecked in North Channel, near Salt Pans Bay, Larbrax. It was lost without loss of life, likely due to navigational error or grounding, and remains a notable example of early Scottish steam trawling vessels.
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Places near here
Salt Pans BayLanding Point (period Unassigned) · 152 yd
Galdenoch MoorUnidentified Object (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1390 yd
Larbrax CottagesCottage (period Unassigned) · 1484 yd
Meikle LarbraxFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1550 yd
Galdenoch CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.3 mi
White Hill WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Lochnaw CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi
Milldown HillMountain / peak · 3.0 mi
North Aldouran WoodWood · 3.2 mi
High Kirkland HillMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
Elizabeth: Port Kale, Rhinns of Galloway, North ChannelSloop (19th Century) · 4.2 mi
OuchtriemakainCave (period Unassigned), Holy Well (medieval)(possible) · 4.2 mi