Monument, Tollymore Park, Newcastle, Co Down

Tall, granite obelisk monument, erected c.1815 by the 2nd Earl of Roden in memory of his second son, James Bligh Jocelyn. The monument is set on a gentle grassy rise within Tollymore Park, a short distance E of the site of the former Tollymore House. The obelisk is set on a battered granite pedestal which itself rests on a stepped granite base. On each face of the pedestal is an slate panel, all of which are inscribed. The inscription on that on the W is in English and gives facts about the death of James Bligh Jocelyn; that to the E contains a short verse in English (and is now cracked); that to the S contains a couplet in Italian (and is badly cracked), with a Latin eulogy on that to the N. The pedestal has a cornice with tympanum to each face. The obelisk itself is in ashlar granite.