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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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

NUMBER 313

BENCHMARKS continued

This one from M.C. is on the south-east corner of Glasnevin Cemetery - a.k.a. Prospect Cemetery - in Dublin. 
 
Below: The 'mark on the wall of Glasnevin Cemetery.
Above: The south-east corner of Glasnevin Cemetery with the 'mark on the corner of the wall at near bottom. In the mid-nineteenth century the tower was used to look out for bad folks who came at night to steal bodies that were much in demand for medical research.

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