What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Silverburn: North Sea as Steamship (20th Century)-(1917). 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 *Silverburn* was a 20th-century steamship lost in the North Sea in 1917, likely due to wartime activity or shipwreck. It is known to have sunk with cargo, though no details of lives lost or the cargo’s contents are recorded. Its significance lies in its contribution to Scotland’s maritime and industrial history.
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