Road to the American Monument, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a wide landscape with a single track road, a monument in the distanceActually, it doesn’t go all the way, the last mile or so you have to walk. This is on The Oa, on the road leading out to Killeyan. The American Monument is visible in the centre in the distance.

The American Monument, Cliffs and Walkers on The Oa, Isle of Islay

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Picture of walkers on high cliffs with a monument in the distance

A great view from an Islay walking week a few years ago. This is near the summit of Beinn Mhor (202m), looking west. On the left Dun Athad, in the centre in the distance the American Monument. America in the very far distance (not visible).

The American Monument on the Top of the Cliffs, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a monument on the top of some high cliffsA view of the American Monument on The Oa in the south of Islay. The monument was built in memory of the dead of the Tuscania and Otranto disasters in 1918. This view is looking south from the cliffs north of the monument.