Rory tweetz:
I’m always entertained by the level of warning around this stone by @LimerickCouncil. Is it an exceptionally dangerous or violent stone? What has it done to deserve this? Is it magic? My imagination is running wild!
Anyone?
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The Holy Stone of Clonrickard?
+ St. Aidan’s Stump
it’s only a Class III relic apparently
what the country really could do with now is the elusive Class I (moving & talking)
Probably a murder weapon.
being a killjoy, I take it it’s to do with being a dock/pier and the boats need a place to tie their string to…
How did you not mention “blueshirts” in your comment?
Given it’s shape I would reckon it is an old marker stone of some form, maybe a mile or port marker (I must disagree with @dav about it being a bollard for mooring ships: they normally have a mushroom shape with the top wider than the shaft to prevent the ropes simply slipping over).
I reckon if it is such a marker, it is probably a protected site (pun definitely intended) and also in a location many careless drivers may consider as a parking spot and thump their cars off it.
A protected site with tarmac all around it…
If this is a milestone it should be moved a few metres to one side. Nobody uses them for measurement these days so it should be grand. There is no point keeping it in that spot looking like that.
I do agree, and it because it has not been moved that I think it must be a preserved site, for some reason.
It looks ludicrous and if it is a preserved site/monument then the dignity has been well and truly stripped from it….
It looks like it’s in a car park and people kept hitting it.
It’s low enough that you could easily miss it if you were reversing, but high enough that it would do a lot of damage.
Thanks Slightly, I was thinking that the tide would have to be fairly high for them to have to use that!
You are very welcome!
See the previous post below for your answer.
I’d say there were far too many lads dinging it
Fender benders stuff
that was causing it damage
Also there
where there is a slip
its always jammers with trailers and trollies
you’d want to be driving a can-opener around spots like that if you’re trying to get your Opie dipped