What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fair Dawn: Start Point, Sanday, Orkney, North Sea as Motor Fishing Vessel (20th Century)-(1974). 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 *Fair Dawn* was a motor fishing vessel lost in 1974 near Start Point, Sanday, in the Orkney Islands. The wreck is recorded in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment, though details on lives lost, cargo, or exact circumstances of the loss are not provided in the entry.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Start Point LighthouseLighthouse · 263 yd
Sanday, Start Point LighthouseLighthouse (19th Century) · 263 yd
Sanday, Start PointNaust (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 344 yd
Start PointIslet · 401 yd
Sanday, Start IslandBurial Ground (19th Century)(possible), Enclosure (post Medieval) · 500 yd
Scuthvie BayNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Bride's Ness beach, North RonaldsayBeach · 5.3 mi
Cata SandBeach / strand · 5.3 mi
Bay of NewarkBay · 5.3 mi
South BayBay · 5.6 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 6.2 mi
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 6.4 mi