What is recorded here
Castlebay Harbour holds the wreck of a twentieth-century lugger named Irrawaddy. The ship broke apart on Barra's coast, leaving steel and timber scattered across the seabed. What the crew carried, where they bound, and why the sea took them have all vanished. Only the name and the harbour remain, waiting for someone to ask what the water kept.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Irrawaddy: Castlebay Harbour, Barra, Sea of the Hebrides as Lugger (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Barra, Castlebay, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 66 yd
Castlebay from the PierHeritage place · 116 yd
Boat to Kisimul CastleCastle, fort or tower · 127 yd
Castlebay from the Parapet of Kisimul CastleCastle, fort or tower · 132 yd
Heaval Island of BarraIsland · 544 yd
Bàgh BeagBay · 1051 yd
Rough hill ground east of CastlebayMountain or hill · 1205 yd
Seat at the Barra War MemorialHeritage place · 1556 yd
Barra War Memorial - WWIHeritage place · 1569 yd
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Beinn na MòineMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Port Tuath an UidheBay · 1.4 mi