Islay, Mull Of Oa, American Monument | Canmore

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Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)

Site Name Islay, Mull Of Oa, American Monument

Classification Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Turcania; Tuscania; Otranto; American War Memorial

Canmore ID 37286

Site Number NR24SE 17

NGR NR 27055 41545

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37286

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General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the WNW.

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General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/5/2011

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

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Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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View of Monument from E

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View of Monument from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

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Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the S.

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General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/5/2011

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Architect's Inscribed Stone "Robert I Walker. Architect Glasgow"

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Detail showing Architect's Inscribed Stone "Robert I Walker. Architect Glasgow"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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View of Monument from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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American Military Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay.
VIew from South East.

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American Military Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay. VIew from South East.

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© RCAHMS

Distant view from E

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Distant view from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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American Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay.
Photographic copy of tinted drawing of monument.
Titled: 'American Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay' ' Photo, Cameron, Bowmore'.

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American Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay. Photographic copy of tinted drawing of monument. Titled: 'American Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay' ' Photo, Cameron, Bowmore'.

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Copies of records from the collections of the Islay Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Argyll

© Courtesy of HES (Copies from the Islay Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Argyll and Bute, Scotland)

Distant view from E.

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Distant view from E.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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View of Monument from E

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View of Monument from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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View of Monument from E

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View of Monument from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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View of Monument from E

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View of Monument from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Oblique aerial view centred on the monument, taken from the SSE.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the monument, taken from the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

2/11/2006

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Distant view from E

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Distant view from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

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Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Oblique aerial view centred on the monument, taken from the WSW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the monument, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

2/11/2006

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Distant view from E

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Distant view from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Oblique aerial view centred on the monument and entrance to the cave, taken from the SW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the monument and entrance to the cave, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

2/11/2006

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View of Monument from E

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View of Monument from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Islay, Mull Of Oa, American Monument, NR24SE 17, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Islay, Mull Of Oa, American Monument, NR24SE 17, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)

Distant view from E

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Distant view from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the S.

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General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/5/2011

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Distant view from E

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Distant view from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Distant view from E

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Distant view from E

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

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Detail showing Architect's Inscribed Stone "Robert I Walker. Architect Glasgow"

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Detail showing Architect's Inscribed Stone "Robert I Walker. Architect Glasgow"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

© Crown Copyright: HES

Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

8/10/1996

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the WNW.

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

View of Monument from E

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the S.

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

Detail showing Architect's Inscribed Stone "Robert I Walker. Architect Glasgow"

View of Monument from E

American Military Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay.
VIew from South East.

Distant view from E

American Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay.
Photographic copy of tinted drawing of monument.
Titled: 'American Monument, Mull of Oa, Islay' ' Photo, Cameron, Bowmore'.

Distant view from E.

View of Monument from E

View of Monument from E

View of Monument from E

Oblique aerial view centred on the monument, taken from the SSE.

Distant view from E

Detail showing Upper Portion from ENE with "1918"

Oblique aerial view centred on the monument, taken from the WSW.

Distant view from E

Oblique aerial view centred on the monument and entrance to the cave, taken from the SW.

View of Monument from E

Islay, Mull Of Oa, American Monument, NR24SE 17, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Distant view from E

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

Detail showing Memorial Plaque "Sacred to the IMMORTAL MEMORY of those SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country in the Wrecks of the Transports 'TUSCANIA' February 5th 1918 and 'ONRANTO' October 6th 1918. This Monument was Erected by THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Near the Spot Where So Many of THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTERS SLEEP in EVERLASTING PEACE"

General oblique aerial view of the American Monument at Mull of Oa, taken from the S.

Distant view from E

Distant view from E

Detail showing Architect's Inscribed Stone "Robert I Walker. Architect Glasgow"

Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

Detail showing wreath with "A TRIBUTE FROM WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NEARBY WATERS 1918"

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Administrative Areas

Council Argyll And Bute
Parish Kildalton And Oa
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Argyll And Bute
Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR24SE 27055 41545

Mon [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.

Location formerly entered as NR 2705 4155

Architect: Robert Walker, 1918.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

This monument was erected by the American Red Cross (presumably in the 1920's) to commemorate the losses of the American troopships Turcania (torpedoed off the Mull) [Tuscania: NR14SE 8001] and Otranto (NR16SE 8001) (wrecked at Kilchiaran), both in 1918.

Information from RCAHMS (GPS), 2 October 1991.

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