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'And the sun pours down like honey

on Our Lady of the Harbour ... '

You don't need to go looking among the seaweed and the flowers to find this one. It's on the top of the 5,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall. There should be another 'mark at the base of the statue's tripod but it was probably removed when that construction was erected in the early 1960s. 

 

Below: The 'mark on the 5,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall. Also well christened by the 'gulls.

Above: On the Bull Wall looking out to the Irish Sea with the 'mark on the top of the stone at right.

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The 4,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall. 

 

Below: The 'mark on the 4,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall. It can just be made out on top of the stone and to the left, well christened by the seagulls.

Above: Looking towards the Irish Sea with the 'mark on the stone at right.

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The 3,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall. 

 

Below: The 'mark on the 3,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall. It can just be made out on top of the stone and to the right.

Above: Looking across the bay towards Dublin Port with the 'mark on the stone at right.

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Knowing that M.C. is planning a mission to a certain part of the Northside and concerned that he might stake a claim to a nearby region, Benchmarker quickly donned a flax-jacket and struck out across the Liffey to Clontarf. The 25'' map held the promise of seven 'marks on the mile long stretch of the Bull Wall. But optimism began to drain when the first of these and considered the banker - at the corner with Clontarf Road - could not be spotted (perhaps it sleeps behind the utility box). Plodding on across the bridge brought no luck in the search for the one that should be just to seaward. Continuing on soon brought the 2,000 Feet marker into view on the right, and though the 'mark on top is barely discernible to the eye, it cuts are easily accessible to the touch. Benchmarker was not finished yet, but more on that presently.

Below: The 'mark - at top right and not really discernible - on the 2,000 Feet Stone on the Bull Wall.

Above: Looking towards Clontarf with Bull Island Cttages to the right; on the left is the stone with the 'mark at the top to the right.

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This one is on the corner of Eden Quay with Marlborough Street in Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Eden Quay.

Above: Looking east along Eden Quay with the 'mark at bottom left.

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'Ka thunk, ka thunk' went the train on the Luas line above, as Benchmarker spotted this one on the south-east corner of Butt Bridge in Central Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Butt Bridge.

Above: Looking north with the 'mark at bottom right.

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This one - spotted by Benchmarker on attending a funeral mass - is on the church on City Quay in Dublin. Apparently it is not on any of the maps.

Below: The 'mark on City Quay Church.

Above: City Quay Church with the 'mark just to the right of the entrance, behind the shrub pots.