What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Thyra: Duncansby Head, North Sea as Steamship (20th Century)-(1914). 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 Thyra was a steamship that was lost in 1914 near Duncansby Head in the North Sea. While specific details on the cause of loss, lives, or cargo lost are not provided in the record, its wreck is noted for its historical significance as part of Scotland's maritime heritage.
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Places near here
Duncansby Head Lighthouse, FoghornFog Horn (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 143 yd
Duncansby HeadBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 145 yd
Duncansby Head LighthouseLighthouse (20th Century) · 158 yd
Geo of SclaitesBay · 252 yd
The KneeIsland · 440 yd
Gibbs CraigIsland · 569 yd
Stacks of DuncansbyViewpoint · 580 yd
Sannick BayMound (period Unassigned) · 844 yd
The nomadic boulders of John O'GroatsVisitor information · 1.7 mi
Ha' of DuncansbyBattle Site (period Unknown)(possible), Burial Ground (norse)(possible), Axehead (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Long GeoBay · 2.9 mi
Hudson: Ness of Quoys, Pentland FirthBarque (19th Century) · 3.8 mi