Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The LADY ZETLAND was a wooden sailing schooner built in 1851 at Sunderland. Technical and configuration specification is given as 62nt; 59ft length x 18ft 2in breadth x 9ft depth; fastened with iron bolts. At time of loss on 5 December 1877, the owner of the vessel was H Hughes of near Borth (also the master) and the vessel was registered at Aberystwyth. The schooner was carrying 95.5 tons of roofing slates from Bangor to Cork when it sprang a leak and foundered in fine weather 4 miles off Porth Colman. The owner of the vessel told the Board of Trade Inquiry that his vessel had been on a mud bank for about two months, and he believed that the oakum caulking must have come out of her seams.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1877 Part III pg136 (336) and Appendix Parts I-IV pg75 (489)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1876 - 30 June 1867, number 142 in L

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, May 2010.