Condition

6
Crafts
Modern
Na h-Eileanan Siar

Description

Group of abandoned fishing boats on the foreshore of Bagh Beag. Includes the Emmanuelle, a clinker-built undecked Fifie, built on the east coast and later retro-fitted with a deck; the Morningstar, a 1930s Zulu built with a motor (possibly from Fife); and the Dove, a Zulu sailing drifter retrofitted with an engine.

Location

65383.00
798108.00
27700
56.9527283
-7.5062213

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Remains of the Morning Star 27/05/2016 Remains of the Morning Star training1
Remains of the Morning Star
Engine of Emmanuelle 27/05/2016 Engine of Emmanuelle training1
Engine of Emmanuelle
Remains of Morning Star and Emmanuelle on foreshore 27/05/2016 Remains of Morning Star and Emmanuelle on foreshore training1
Remains of Morning Star and Emmanuelle on foreshore

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
2652 27/05/2016 training1
Tidal state Mid
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge Intertidal
Coastally eroding? not eroding
Visibility above ground Limited visibility (partial remains)
Description Group of abandoned fishing boats on the foreshore of Bagh Beag. Includes the Emmanuelle, a clinker-built undecked Fifie, built on the east coast and later retro-fitted with a deck; the Morningstar, a 1930s Zulu built with a motor (possibly from Fife); and the Dove, a Zulu sailing drifter retrofitted with an engine.
Comments The history of these boats and the general history of fishing on Barra was recorded in an interview with Calum MacNeil in May 2016.

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