What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pollux Ii: Portencorkrie, Rhinns of Galloway, North Channel as Steamship (20th Century)-(1942). 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.
Pollux II was a steamship wrecked in 1942 near the Rhinns of Galloway in the North Channel. It was lost with its cargo, likely due to wartime conditions, though no lives were reported lost; the wreck remains a notable 20th-century maritime site in Scottish waters.
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Places near here
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Cairn FellBuilding (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
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AuchneightCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.6 mi
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MacDouall MemorialMemorial · 2.5 mi
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War MemorialMemorial · 3.0 mi
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