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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Friday, May 2, 2014

NUMBER 746

BENCHMARKS continued


At a doorstep about halfway along the north side of Barrack in Dundalk is this one.

Below: Another 'mark on Barrack Street. 
 
Above: Looking west on Barrack Street with the 'mark at bottom right.


NUMBER 745

BENCHMARKS continued

This one from Dundalk is on the wall at the east end of Barrack Street where it joins Peter Street.

Below: The 'mark on the east end of Barrack Street. 
 
Above: Looking into Peter Street from Barrack Street with the 'mark at near bottom right.

NUMBER 744

BENCHMARKS continued

This one from Dundalk is on the western corner of the junction of Seatown Place and Quay Street.

Below: The 'mark on Quay Street. 
 
Above: Looking into Quay Street from Seatown Place with the 'mark at left on the second stone up.

NUMBER 743

BENCHMARKS continued

Further eastwards on Seatown Place in Dundalk is this one, the second of two.

Below: The other 'mark on Seatown Place. 
 
Above: Looking east on Seatown Place with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 742

BENCHMARKS continued

This one from Dundalk is one of two on the south side of Seatown Place.

Below: A 'mark on Seatown Place.
 
Above: Looking east on Seatown Place with the 'mark just to the right of the bottom of the railing.

NUMBER 741

BENCHMARKS continued
This one from Dundalk is on the south side of Seatown on a building about halfway along.

Below: The 'mark on Seatown. 
 
Above: Looking east on Seatown with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 740

BENCHMARKS continued
This one from Dundalk is on the Old Castle, located on the corner of Castle Road and Mill Street.

Below: The 'mark on the Old Castle. 
 
Above: Looking east at the Old Castle. The 'mark - a flattie - is behind the railings and underneath the shrubbery.

NUMBER 739

BENCHMARKS continued
This one from Dundalk is on the western corner of Castle Road at its junction with Jocelyn Street.
Below: The 'mark on Castle Road.
 
Above: Looking west on Jocelyn Street with the 'mark at bottom right near the base of the railings.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

NUMBER 738

BENCHMARKS continued
Courthouses in rural metropolises are usually a good bet for finding a 'mark; and Dundalk is no exception. It's under the colonnade to the left of the entrance.
Below: The 'mark on Dundalk Courthouse. 
 
Above: The front of the courthouse with the 'mark to be seen between the second and third spearheads of the railings on the left.


NUMBER 737

BENCHMARKS continued


Extremely pleasing to the eye of the veteran benchmark hunter is this one - a classic cut - on the museum building on Jocelyn Street in Dundalk.
Below: A 'mark on Jocelyn Street in Dundalk. 
Above: Looking east on Jocelyn Street with the 'mark at bottom right. 


NUMBER 736

BENCHMARKS continued
Neither M.C, or Benchmarker are fully convinced about this one from Dundalk. However it is at the exact location where the map shows one to be viz at an archway on the north side of Park Street.
Below: The 'mark on Park Street in Dundalk.
 
Above: Looking south west on Park Street with the 'mark - if indeed such it be - at bottom right.


NUMBER 735

BENCHMARKS continued


This one from Dundalk is on a pillar at the north east of Anne Street.

Below: The 'mark on Anne Street in Dundalk. 
 
Above: Looking north east on Anne Street with the 'mark near the bottom of the pillar at left.

NUMBER 734

BENCHMARKS continued
This one from Dundalk is on the wall on the south side of Saint Dominick's Place near its junction with Saint Malachy's Villas.
Below: The 'mark on Saint Dominick's Place in Dundalk. 
 
Above: Looking east on Saint Dominick's Place with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 733

BENCHMARKS continued
A short way further along the east wall of Mount Avenue from Carrickmacross Road and close to the junction with Annaverna Drive is this one.
Below: Another 'mark on Mount Avenue in Dundalk.
 
Above: Looking south east on Mount Avenue with the 'mark on the wall at bottom left.


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