Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Maid of the Valley
Port Willunga 1/2 mile NE of Martins Reef. Short Distance Southwards Of The Wreck Star Of Greece.
Maid of the Valley was a brigantine built in 1852 and lost on 13/11/1857. Driven ashore during gale.
The oddity, explained
Why is Maid of the Valley unusual?
Maid of the Valley appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Maid of the Valley was a brigantine built in 1852 and lost on 13/11/1857. Driven ashore during gale. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.
Evidence and further exploration
The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.
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