Paul Flynn tweetz:
Two paving slabs 4.5km apart.The left spotted in Grangegorman, the right in Merrion Street. Anyone know what these marks are?
Anyone?
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Paul Flynn tweetz:
Two paving slabs 4.5km apart.The left spotted in Grangegorman, the right in Merrion Street. Anyone know what these marks are?
Anyone?
mason’s marks – usually to identify the banker mason so he could be sure he’d get paid. could also be an assembly mark, which was to help whoever was laying the stones place them correctly. some quarries also had own marks, attesting to quality of the stone. this is as far as I know all 16-18 C stuff.
This is not directly relevant but fascinating – http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/FindOutMore/Paving%20-%20The%20Conservation%20of%20Historic%20Ground%20Surfaces%20(2015).pdf
Those guides are great. It’s such a pity that our local authorities pay little attention to them.
Jayzus. How long before the two were discovered by the same person?