Lossit Bay
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 View over Lossit Bay |
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| Waters | Scottish Sea | |
| Land mass | Islay | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 42 '52 " N , 6 ° 29' 55" W | |
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| width | approx. 1 km | |
| depth | approx. 400 m | |
The Lossit Bay is a small bay on the west coast of the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . It is located in the southwest of the Rhinns of Islay peninsula about four kilometers north of Portnahaven . One kilometer to the east is the small settlement of Lossit . At the entrance, the bay, which cuts about 400 m into the land, is one kilometer wide and ends in a sandy beach area. In the north it is limited by Cape Lossit Point . At the head of the bay, the Lossit Burn stream flows into the Atlantic Ocean .
Surroundings
Around Lossit Bay, especially near Lossit Point, there are traces of early settlement of the bay. A dun was created in the rocks directly on the coast. This measures about eight meters and is surrounded by a wall between 2.7 and 3.5 m thick. Today this is largely destroyed. There was once a fort at Lossit Point . This was secured by a wall about 60 m long, which separated the tip of the cape with an area of about 160 m × 140 m. The wall is still preserved in some places up to a height of 1.70 m, but it has largely collapsed and is recognizable as a strip several meters wide in the landscape. To the west of the entrance is the D-shaped floor plan of a building that could have been a guardhouse. No other buildings can be seen on the grassed area.
Shipping accidents
Several ship accidents have occurred in Lossit Bay over the years. The brigantine Sir Colin ran aground there on September 9, 1870 on her way from Ballina to Troon , where a crew member was killed. The cargo was partially salvaged. The Latvian steamship Tobago crashed into thick fog on August 13, 1940 on its way from Reykjavík via Ardrossan to Porto and Lisbon near Lossit Bay. The cargo consisted of salted fish.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on Lossit Bay in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ Entry on Dun na Faing in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Ballina in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Tobago in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)