What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dorothy (possibly): Bagh Beag, Castlebay, Barra, Atlantic as Steam Lighter (20th Century). 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 *Dorothy* was a 20th-century steam lighter recorded near Bagh Beag, Castlebay, Barra, in the Atlantic. It was likely lost in the 1900s, though exact date and cause of loss are unknown, and no details of lives or cargo lost are recorded; its significance lies in its contribution to Scotland’s maritime industrial and transport history.
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Places near here
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