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Latitude: 53.341 / 53°20'27"N
Longitude: -4.2526 / 4°15'9"W
OS Eastings: 250127
OS Northings: 385038
OS Grid: SH501850
Mapcode National: GBR HMWW.0SJ
Mapcode Global: WH42G.N953
Plus Code: 9C5Q8PRW+9X
Entry Name: Royal Charter Memorial
Listing Date: 7 February 2002
Last Amended: 7 February 2002
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 26223
Building Class: Commemorative
ID on this website: 300026223
Location: Located within the churchyard of St Allgo's church, directly SSW of the church.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Town: Moelfre
Community: Moelfre
Community: Moelfre
Locality: Llanallgo
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Memorial
Mid to late C19 obelisk memorial. Erected by public subscription to the memory of those who perished in the wreck of the Royal Charter off Moelfre on 26th October 1859. The Royal Charter was a steam clipper which had sailed from Melbourne in Australia and was bound for Liverpool, on board there were 524 passengers and a crew of 105; their remains are buried in the churchyards at Llanallgo, Llaneugrad, Penrhos Lligwy, Llanwenllwyfo, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Llanbedrgoch, Pentraeth, Llanddona and Amlwch.
Pink and grey granite obelisk memorial set on a bevelled stepped base and chamfered plinth inscribed on 3 of the 4 facing panels; there is a moulded cornice to the shaped base of the obelisk.
Included as a memorial to a particularly remarked local shipwreck, the loss of the Royal Charter, a testimony to the maritime history of Anglesey.
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