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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Showing posts with label Braid Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Braid Road. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

NUMBER 933

BENCHMARKS continued

This one in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Michael Byrne is on Braid Road at Braidburn Terrace junction.

Below: A 'mark on Braid Road, Edinburgh.
 
Above: Looking south on Braid Road with the 'mark at right.

NUMBER 932

BENCHMARKS continued

This one in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Michael Byrne is on Braid Road at the Braidburn Crescent junction.

Below: A 'mark on Braid Road, Edinburgh.
 
Above: Looking south on Braid Road with the 'mark at right.

NUMBER 929

BENCHMARKS continued

This one in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Michael Byrne is a rivet type with unusual rectangle cut around the rivet. It's on Braid Road on top of a bridge wall, over the Braid Burn. (A 'burn' is a Scottish word for a smallish river, often used in the Ulster counties too.)

Below: A 'mark on Braid Road, Edinburgh.
 
Above: Looking west on Braid Road and with the 'mark at lower left.

NUMBER 928

BENCHMARKS continued

This one in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Michael Byrne is on a gate pillar at 5 Braid Road at the junction with Braid Crescent.

Below: A 'mark on 5 Braid Road, Edinburgh.
 
Above: Looking west into Braid Crescent and with the 'mark at bottom left.

Monday, September 21, 2015

NUMBER 918

BENCHMARKS continued

This one in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Michael Byrne is on a gate pillar on Braid Road.

Below: A 'mark on Braid Road, Edinburgh.
 
Above: On Braid Road looking north with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 912

BENCHMARKS continued

This one in Edinburgh, Scotland, from Michael Byrne is on Braid Road on a gatepost of St Matthews Church.
 
Below: A 'mark on Braid Road in Edinburgh.
 
Above: Looking north on Braid Road with the 'mark at bottom right.

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