The Knox-Gore folly, circa 1873, in Belleek Forest Park on the outskirts of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
The monument to Sir Francis Arthur Knox-Gore of Belleek Manor, was commissioned by his son, Sir Charles Knox-Gore. It was designed around 1873 by the Irish architect, James Franklin Fuller, inspired by the spire of St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, as an eye-catching piece of Neo-Gothic theatre. Built on a mound in Belleek Forest Park on the outskirts of Ballina in County Mayo it's the final resting place an eccentric who insisted he should be 'buried with his horse, in an unconsecrated grave. This image appears in "Irish Follies and Whimsical Architecture" by George Munday and published by O'Brien Press in Dublin.
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Location: Belleek Forest Park on the outskirts of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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