NUMBER 686

BENCHMARKS continued

East of the railway bridge on the south side of March Road in Drogheda is this one.

Below: A 'mark on March Road, Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: Looking east on March Road with the 'mark on the corner of the wall at bottom right.

NUMBER 685

BENCHMARKS continued

This one is on the south side of March Road in Drogheda on the railway bridge.

Below: The 'mark on the railway bridge on March Road, Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: Looking south on March Road. The 'mark is at bottom left on the bridge, difficult to see in the photo.

NUMBER 684

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This one is on a building, that was once the gaol, on the north side of Scarlet Street in Drogheda.

Below: The 'mark on Scarlet Street in Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: Looking west on Scarlet Street with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 683

BENCHMARKS continued

At Tom Roe's Point on the north side of Strand Road to the east of Drogheda is this one.

Below: The 'mark at Tom Roe's Point in Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: At Tom Roe's Point looking east with the 'mark at left just peeping up above the vegetation.

NUMBER 682

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About halfway between the railway bridge and Newtown Road on the north side of the old road formerly known as the Esplanade, but now merged into North Strand, is this one.

Below: A 'mark on the Esplanade in Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: On the Esplanade looking west towards the bridge with the 'mark at right.

NUMBER 681

BENCHMARKS continued

Struggling desperately to be free from a cocoon of cement rendering is this one on the corner of a building about half way along the south side of the North Strand in Drogheda (M.C. has helpfully outlined its freed limbs with white chalk). Sadly man's cruelty to dumb 'marks knows no bounds. 

Below: A 'mark on North Strand in Drogheda, County Louth.

 

Above: On North Strand looking west with the 'mark at left, second block from bottom.

NUMBER 680

BENCHMARKS continued

On the corner at the east end of Merchants' Quay in Drogheda is this one.

Below: A 'mark on Merchants' Quay in Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: On Merchants' Quay looking east with the 'mark on the corner at left.

NUMBER 679

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It had to happen! On many of those long, lonely hunts which resulted in the sad discovery that the original site had been rebuilt while the stone containing the 'mark had apparently been discarded, Benchmarker and M.C. often conjectured if perhaps one day they might chance upon a 'mark-stone that had been reused in a rather unusual location on the rebuilt structure. And so it came to pass in lovely Dogheda, which just keeps giving and giving. The 'mark is about 12ft above the ground on the corner of the rebuilt building on Merchants' Quay at its corner with Blind Gate.

Below: The 'mark on Merchants' Quay at Blind Gate, Drogheda, County Louth.

 Above: On Merchants' Quay looking into Blind Gate with the 'mark about 12ft up on the corner, just below the level of the first floor window sills.

NUMBER 678

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This 'mark from Drogheda is on the south side of Loughboy, just to the west of its junction with Toberboice Lane.

Below: The 'mark on Loughboy, Drogheda, County Louth.

 

 Above: On Loughboy looking towards the town centre with the 'mark on the wall at bottom right.

NUMBER 677

BENCHMARKS continued

This 'mark is at the entrance doorway to Saint Peter's Church in Drogheda.

Below: The 'mark on Saint Peter's Church, Peter's Hill, Drogheda, County Louth.

 

Above: A view of the church with the 'mark just to the right of the centre door, near the bottom.

 

NUMBER 676

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A couple of years ago Eugene Doyle submitted four 'marks he had bagged in the heart of Drogheda. One of them was located on the Tholsel on West Street and was posted here as NUMBER 351. What has since emerged, following an extensive hunt in the town by M.C. and Benchmarker, is that that particular 'mark is not recorded on any of the maps. In itself this is not of particularly great significance. However just a few paces away on that same building is another 'mark, (which is in fact recorded on the maps). What is particularly significant therefore is that the Tholsel is almost certainly the only structure in the whole wide world to display two 'marks; and also takes the record for the shortest distance between any two 'marks. Take a bow, Drogheda!

Below: The other 'mark on the Tholsel on West Street in Drogheda, County Meath.

 

 Above: Looking west into West Street with the 'mark at near bottom left.

NUMBER 675

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This one is in the heart of Drogheda, on Mayoralty House at the corner of Mayoralty Street with North Quay.

Below: The 'mark on Mayoralty House in Drogheda, County Meath.

 

 Above: Looking west into North Quay with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 674

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After the Summer hiatus, Benchmarker stirs from his slumbers and posts anew. Most of the 'marks that will follow here were recorded in conjunction with M.C. a long, long time ago in a land far, far away i.e. back in June in County Meath. First up is this one on the east side of the bridge over the River Nanny in Julianstown.

Below: The 'mark on the bridge over the River Nanny in Julianstown, County Meath.

Above: Looking north-west on the bridge at Julianstown with the 'mark at bottom right.