What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Swan: Duart Point, Sound of Mull as Warship (17th Century). 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 Swan was a 17th-century warship lost in 1686 near Duart Point, Sound of Mull, after striking rocks in heavy fog; all 14 crew members perished, and the wreck yielded no significant cargo; it remains an important archaeological site for early naval history in Scotland.
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Places near here
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Duart CastleCastle · 258 yd
Duart BayBay · 880 yd
Mull, Duart Point, Black's Memorial LighthouseBeacon (19th Century) · 1380 yd
Murray and Olive Guthrie Memorial CrossMemorial · 1508 yd
Torosay, MullBoathouse (period Unassigned) · 1550 yd
Camas MorFish Trap (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1692 yd
Torosay Castle, MullCist(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Lady's RockIslet · 1.6 mi
Craignure War memorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
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