{"id":556,"date":"2019-10-23T09:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildingsofireland.fusio.dev\/?page_id=556"},"modified":"2019-10-23T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:41:11","slug":"ballina-knox-gore-monument-at-belleek-manor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/ga\/places-to-visit\/mayo\/ballina-knox-gore-monument-at-belleek-manor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballina: Knox-Gore Monument at Belleek Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sheltered in a dense forest on a bank of the River Moy, the eye-catching Knox-Gore Monument is a familiar landmark to visitors who walk through the popular Belleek Wood.\u00a0 Erected as a memorial to Sir Francis Arthur Knox-Gore (1803-73) of Belleek Manor, the monument has generated a number of local legends, the most popular of which is that the mound surrounded by a waterless moat was necessary to accommodate the burial of a favourite horse!\u00a0 Visitors to Belleek Wood will also see the\u00a0<em>SS Creteboom<\/em>, a reinforced concrete tugboat hull dating back to the First World War (1914-8), purchased in 1937 by the Ballina Harbour Commissioners as a sandstop and marooned in the centre of the River Moy.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"Knox-Gore Monument at Belleek Manor on Coillte website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coillte.ie\/aboutcoillte\/community\/community_partnerships\/connaught\/belleek_wood_co_mayo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0to visit the Coillte website<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"Knox-Gore Monument at Belleek Manor on Mayo Walks website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mayowalks.ie\/media\/Media,10668,en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0to visit the Mayo Walks website[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sheltered in a dense forest on a bank of the River Moy, the eye-catching Knox-Gore Monument is a familiar landmark to visitors who walk through the popular Belleek Wood.\u00a0 Erected as a memorial to Sir Francis Arthur Knox-Gore (1803-73) of Belleek Manor, the monument has generated a number of local legends, the most popular of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557,"parent":97,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"views\/template-place-to-visit.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-556","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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