The intention with this website is to locate at least 1,001 benchmark sites, or die in the attempt (no flowers please, house private). Photos of any benchmark sites found will be posted at intervals over the coming days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries ... Anyone who wishes to contribute can send photos and descriptions of any benchmarks they find and would like to have included here, to mfbourke@gmail.com See post Number 1 for a fuller description.

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

NUMBER 7

BENCHMARKS continued

They don't come much finer than this! It seems to shout "Hey! Look at me!" A near perfect benchmark in a picturesque setting - at the centre of the eastern wall of Mellows (Mellowes?) Bridge in Dublin City. Barring unforeseen events, this one should last for as long as the city.
Interestingly, the residence of the mother of the executed Liam Mellows in her final years, was a house in the same kebele as Benchmarker, just a few doors away.
Above: Mellows Bridge, looking east towards the city centre with the mark clearly visible.

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