What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gertrud: Langaton Point, Stroma, Pentland Firth as Steamship (20th Century)-(1934). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The steamship *Gertrud* was lost in 1934 near Langaton Point, Stroma, in the Pentland Firth. Little is known about the circumstances of its loss, but it is presumed to have been wrecked in the treacherous waters of the firth; no details of lives or cargo lost are recorded, and its wider historical significance remains unclear.
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Places near here
Langaton PointHeadland · 993 yd
The GloupCave · 1380 yd
Stroma LighthouseLighthouse · 1513 yd
Red HeadHeadland · 1633 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
William and Harry: Tree Geo, Stroma, Pentland FirthCraft (19th Century) · 1.6 mi
Cairn HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Mestag CastleArchaeological place · 1.7 mi
North Sea: Broad Geo, Stroma, Pentland FirthSteamship (19th Century) · 1.9 mi
Stroma, UppertownLong Cairn (neolithic)(possible) · 1.9 mi
Scotland's HavenFish Trap (period Unassigned), Harbour (period Unassigned), Landing Stage (period Unassigned) · 3.2 mi