Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: memorial

A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay Looking back to the Sorley Maclean memorial as the path now enters a rather mysterious section with many overhanging silver birches and prolific mossy growths on the stones and boulders.

A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay Rounding a corner of this lovely grassy path, the memorial to Raasay poet Sorley Maclean comes into view.

A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay The memorial to Raasay poet Sorley Maclean is built on the grassy path to Hallaig. There are beautiful views in nearly every direction.

A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay The inscription on the memorial to Raasay poet Sorley Maclean, with its poignant reminder of the terrible injustices of the Clearances.

A walk to the abandoned settlement of Hallaig on the island of Raasay The memorial to Raasay poet Sorley Maclean and the view northwards over the Inner Sound. The distant land to the left is the north end of Raasay. To the right is the Applecross peninsula of the mainland.

Kit's Memorial stone near the old cemetery on the summit of Temptation Hill on the island of Raasay. The hill has recently been cleared of its former dense pine forest plantation, opening up views all around. The inscription reads: "In ever loving memory of darling Kit aged 19 years 1917. 'He giveth His beloved sleep'. ----- 'Sunrise over the hills of Skye Sunrise over the sea There's not a place in all the world In which I'd rather be - For I call it the Earthly Paradise Because it's like Heaven to me Raasay.' " Kit was a Raasay girl who died of a fever. The stone was erected by her fiance.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. This is a view westwards over the Landshipping Pill and Daugleddau River at low tide from Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Close by here is a small but poignant memorial to the 40 miners killed in Pembrokeshire's worst ever coal mining disaster on 14th February 1844, when the rising tide broke through into a mine roadway heading out from the Garden Pit under the estuary with very little depth of cover to the sea bed. There are several contemporary accounts of the disaster which vary somewhat in the details, and are summarised here: www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disas... Having worked underground in the coal mines of Yorkshire and South Wales, I find these stories especially moving. Even today, I feel there is an intense sadness about this place which still lingers, even on a bright sunny day. A memorial service for the lost miners (which included children and probably some women too) is held annually on St Valentine's Day at St Burnett's Hill Chapel nearby.

Description in Welsh on the memorial at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire.

A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall The upland area of Bodmin Moor is comprised mainly of granite which is well seen in the isolated tors and the litter of boulders all around them. The Memorial is self explanatory. Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall at 420 m OD, is visible in the distance.

Description on the memorial at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire.

Names, with ages, of those killed in the Landshipping colliery disaster. This small but poignant memorial overlooks the Landshipping Pill and Daugleddau River at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The memorial was erected in honour of the 40 miners killed in Pembrokeshire's worst ever coal mining disaster on 14th February 1844, when the rising tide broke through into a mine roadway heading out from the Garden Pit under the estuary with very little depth of cover to the sea bed. There are several contemporary accounts of the disaster which vary somewhat in the details, and are summarised here: www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disas... Having worked underground in the coal mines of Yorkshire and South Wales, I find these stories especially moving. Even today, I feel there is an intense sadness about this place which still lingers, even on a bright sunny day. A memorial service for the lost miners (which included children and probably some women too) is held annually on St Valentine's Day at St Burnett's Hill Chapel nearby.

This is small but poignant memorial overlooks the Landshipping Pill and Daugleddau River at Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The memorial was erected in honour of the 40 miners killed in Pembrokeshire's worst ever coal mining disaster on 14th February 1844, when the rising tide broke through into a mine roadway heading out from the Garden Pit under the estuary with very little depth of cover to the sea bed. There are several contemporary accounts of the disaster which vary somewhat in the details, and are summarised here: www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disas... Having worked underground in the coal mines of Yorkshire and South Wales, I find these stories especially moving. Even today, I feel there is an intense sadness about this place which still lingers, even on a bright sunny day. A memorial service for the lost miners (which included children and probably some women too) is held annually on St Valentine's Day at St Burnett's Hill Chapel nearby.

This is a wide-angle view westwards over the Landshipping Pill and Daugleddau River at low tide from Landshipping Quay, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Close by here is a small but poignant memorial to the 40 miners killed in Pembrokeshire's worst ever coal mining disaster on 14th February 1844, when the rising tide broke through into a mine roadway heading out from the Garden Pit under the estuary with very little depth of cover to the sea bed. There are several contemporary accounts of the disaster which vary somewhat in the details, and are summarised here: www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Carm/Landshipping.htm www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/landshipping_mining_disas... Having worked underground in the coal mines of Yorkshire and South Wales, I find these stories especially moving. Even today, I feel there is an intense sadness about this place which still lingers, even on a bright sunny day. A memorial service for the lost miners (which included children and probably some women too) is held annually on St Valentine's Day at St Burnett's Hill Chapel nearby.