BENCHMARKS
continued
Finding
an up-side-down benchmark is as rare as getting a royal flush in
poker. (Well maybe not, if you are J.W.) M.C. though was extremely
fortunate to find this one on Kellystown Gate, Carton Demesne, County
Kildare. M.C. is pretty sure he knows why the 'mark came to be that
way. He had checked the gate area on a previous occasion and found it
to be undergoing repair. It appears therefore that when the gate
pillar was rebuilt, the stone containing the 'mark was erected
wrong way up. It's as well they weren't trying to build one of them pyramid yokes.
Below:
The 'mark at Kellystown Gate, Carton Demesne.
Above:
A view of the gate with the 'mark at the bottom of the gate pillar in
the foreground. Nice work! Now all it needs is a new capping stone!
