The Doyle Monument is located in Jerbourg Point

Jerbourg Point

Jerbourg Point or the Jerbourg Peninsula is the southeastern point of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, lying within St Martin Parish. It marks the end of the east coast cliffs and beginning of the south coast cliffs...

 in the southeastern point of the Bailiwick of Guernsey

Guernsey

Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

 within St Martin Parish. It was built to honor Sir John Doyle

John Doyle (British Army officer)

General Sir John Doyle, Bt, GCB, KCH was an officer in the British Army, which he joined in March 1771. He served with distinction in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars....

 (1756-1834), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to act as the de facto head of state in Guernsey and as liaison between the governments of Guernsey and the...

1803-1816, by the people of the island. The original monument, built in 1820, had the simple inscription, "Doyle - Gratitude". It was demolished by German engineers during the Occupation in the Second World War. 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.