BMW R1250 GS Adventure - Irish Photo Rally - Location 4 - Martin Memorial Monument

Designed by Timothy Hevey and thought to have been unveilled in 1871. A remarkably imposing monument of brown stone, in three layers; the design has much in common with, but is rather grander than, the Rossmore Memorial of about the same date in the Diamond of Monaghan town. The base, surrounded by iron railings, originally with an elaborate lamp at each corner, is square. Upon this, an octagonal arcade of round-headed arches, carried on columns with Ruskinian foliated capitals, surrounds the central shaft which incorporates the drinking-fountain. Above this rises a square tower, supported by eight flying buttresses springing from pinnacles; in each face is a triple pointed opening divided by small foliate-capitaled columns. Above these openings are large circular oculi in which the clock (now entirely disappeared) displayed its four faces. The tower is surmounted by acute angled gable-pediments, with five-lobed ogee centre pieces; four corner pinnacles, the crockets now missing; and a pyramidal roof terminating in ornate cresting.
There are few High Victorian monuments of equal merit and importance in Ulster, and this one well deserves to be repaired and restored.
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You just can't beat going for a ride on a sunny day !! Great scenery makes it even better!!👍👍👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@RidingCorners]

Ohhh absolutely and this day there were some pretty nice roads and views too.

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Thank you.