Pilcher Monument

The Pilcher Monument is an obelisk in Sark, Channel Islands, erected in memory of JG Pilcher, an oil merchant killed in a boat wreck in 1868. The monument stands above Havre Gosselin bay, the site of the 1868 incident, in which five men were killed.

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Type: Monument
Description: obelisk in Sark, Channel Islands
Also known as: “Giles Pilcher Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brecqhou and Le Moulin.

Brecqhou

Island

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Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands, located off the west coast of Sark where they are now geographically detached from each other. Brecqhou is politically part of both Sark and the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Le Moulin

Peak

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Le Moulin is the highest point in Sark and is also the highest point of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, with an altitude of 114 metres.

Saint Peter Church

Church

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Saint Peter Church is situated 1¼ km northeast of Pilcher Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sark and Little Sark.

Sark

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Sark is a small island within the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands, with a population of 492 in 2015 and an area of little more than 2 square miles.