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Latitude: 53.3082 / 53°18'29"N
Longitude: -4.6271 / 4°37'37"W
OS Eastings: 225064
OS Northings: 382243
OS Grid: SH250822
Mapcode National: GBR GMYY.P9Q
Mapcode Global: WH31B.W3TQ
Plus Code: 9C5Q895F+75
Entry Name: Skinner Monument
Listing Date: 26 September 1951
Last Amended: 25 July 1994
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5417
Building Class: Commemorative
Also known as: Skinner Monument, Turkey Shore Road (SE side)
Skinner's Monument
Skinners Monument
ID on this website: 300005417
1834; obelisk commemorating Captain John MacGregor Skinner RN, commander of Holyhead mail packet, drowned in storm 13 October 1832.
Pale stone obelisk. Steps up two-tier plinth supporting obelisk with classicising high-relief decoration of urns and ship’s prows, and Egyptian winged sun. Plinth has reliefs with funereal motifs of urns quenching fire, and inverted torches; square panel with inscription recording virtues of Captain Skinner.
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