NUMBER 724

BENCHMARKS continued

Returning through Limerick from a trip to the remote south-west recently, Benchmarker used the short time available for a hunt within the environs of Colbert Station and bagged this one. It's on the base of the railings on Pery Square at the corner with Mallow Street.

For more 'marks from Limerick City, see the website created by historian Sharon Slater here:- http://limerickslife.com/benchmarks-in-limerick/ It's everything a benchmark website should be.

Below: The 'mark on Pery Square in Limerick City.

 

Above: Looking north-west down Mallow Street with the 'mark at the base of the railings at bottom left on Pery Square.

NUMBER 723

BENCHMARKS continued

The Griffith maps contain a veritable treasure trove of 'marks that do not appear on either the 6'' or 25'' maps. Perhaps they could be described as outliers; or maybe as rogues. And it was to Griffith's that M.C. resorted in order to track down any rogues within the metropolitan Dublin area that have not already surrendered to his hawk-eyed insatiability. He bagged this one on Clarke's Bridge over the Royal Canal on Summerhill Parade, Ballybough Road.

Below: The 'mark on Clarke's Bridge over the Royal Canal on Summerhill Parade, Ballybough Road.

 

Above: Looking south-east on Clarke's Bridge with the 'mark at top and centre of the wall, overlooking a cider party all along the banks of the Royal Canal.