A series of wooden ribs project from the mud flats in Aberlady Bay indicating the presence of several wrecks. The ribs project from the mud to a height of between 0.20m and 2.0m. Stone cobbles lie amongst the ribs, which would originally have been ballast. The wood is decaying and the mud flats appear to be encroaching on the site.
ShoreUPDATE March 2014
As described. The wrecks were surveyed in 2002 as part of the Scotland's ship graveyard survey, and were Scheduled in the same year. The wrecks sit on the mud in the generally sheltered environment of Aberlady Bay in the Firth of Forth.
Location
345900.00
680300.00
27700
56.0125580
-2.8692822
Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
29/03/2014
Aberlady Bay wrecks
training1
29/03/2014
Aberlady Bay wrecks general view across the bay
training1
29/03/2014
Aberlady Bay wreck
training1
29/03/2014
Aberlady Bay view across wrecks
training1
29/03/2014
Aberlady Bay wreck timbers and ballast
training1
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
1871
29/03/2014
training1
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Intertidal
Coastally eroding?
active sea erosion
Threats
structural damage/decay
Visibility above ground
Highly visible (substantial remains)
Access
accessible - difficult terrain
Local knowledge
has local associations/history
Description
A series of wooden ribs project from the mud flats in Aberlady Bay indicating the presence of several wrecks. The ribs project from the mud to a height of between 0.20m and 2.0m. Stone cobbles lie amongst the ribs, which would originally have been ballast. The wood is decaying and the mud flats appear to be encroaching on the site.
ShoreUPDATE March 2014
As described. The wrecks were surveyed in 2002 as part of the Scotland's ship graveyard survey, and were Scheduled in the same year. The wrecks sit on the mud in the generally sheltered environment of Aberlady Bay in the Firth of Forth.
reassign priority 3. The site has been surveyed and recorded.
Comments
The site is visible from the shore, but access can be difficult, with pockets of deep sticky mud around and between the wrecks.
