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Vatersay, Annie Jane Monument

Burial(S) (19th Century), Commemorative Monument (19th Century)

Site Name Vatersay, Annie Jane Monument

Classification Burial(S) (19th Century), Commemorative Monument (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Bhatarsaigh; Bagh Siar; Vatersay Bay; Vatersay West Beach; Bagh Bhatarsaigh

Canmore ID 170827

Site Number NL69NW 128

NGR NL 63046 95245

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/170827

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Barra
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NL69NW 128 63046 95245

Monument [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1971.

Monument [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, 2006.

See also NL69NW 8001.

This granite monument stands over Vatersay west beach and records the shipwreck of the Annie Jane (NL69NW 8001); the remains of some 350 men, women and children who lost their lives in the disaster are interred here. The monument is threatened by beach erosion.

M Clark 2006.

This memorial stands on the sandy ayre between Bagh Siar (to the W) and Bagh Bhatarsaigh (to the E).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 November 2006.

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