The Doyle Monument is located in Jerbourg Point in the southeastern point of the Bailiwick of Guernsey within St Martin Parish. It was built to honor Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey 1803-1816, by the people of the island.[1]
The original monument, built in 1820, was 96 feet (29 m) in height. It was built of granite and a staircase inside wound up to its summit.[2] It had the simple inscription, "Doyle - Gratitude".[3]
A coloured engraving of the monument appears in the book Festung Guernsey which was created by the German occupiers to document their defences of the island.[4] The monument was demolished by German engineers in 1944 during the OccupationasBatterie Strassburg was built close to the site and it blocked the 360-degree angle of fire, photographs showing the demolition were taken.[5]
A second smaller monument, a granite column, was built in the same location, a small hill, at a cost of £1,400, and was completed in 1953.[6][7]
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