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Title
Memorial to the 'Annie Jane'
Date
1881
Medium
granite
Measurements
H 270 x W 58 x D 58 cm
Accession number
HS9_CF_S009
Acquisition method
commissioned by Robert MacFie of Airds and Oban
Work type
Obelisk
Owner
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Custodian
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
On 28th September 1853 the ship Annie Jane with emigrants from Liverpool to Quebec was totally wrecked in this bay and three fourths of the crew and passengers numbering about 350 men women and children were drowned and their bodies interred here.
