
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Zitella: Long Haven Bay, Buchan Ness, North Sea as Craft (20th Century)-(1940), Steamship (20th Century)-(1940). 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.
Zitella was a steamship wrecked in 1940 off Buchan Ness in the North Sea. It was lost with no survivors, likely due to a storm, and its remains mark an important early 20th-century maritime incident in Scottish coastal waters.
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Places near here
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Long HavenBay · 222 yd
Heathery HavenBay · 230 yd
The MeathsIslet · 522 yd
Boddam, Stirling HillQuarry (period Unassigned) · 596 yd
Stirling HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1082 yd
DundonnieRig and Furrow (period Unknown) · 1275 yd
Den of BoddamFlint Mine(s) (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 1678 yd
Bullers of BuchanHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi
New Slains CastleCastle · 2.9 mi
Slains CastleCastle (medieval), Country House (19th Century) · 2.9 mi
Tryggve Gran MemorialMemorial · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0