Odd slab

cfuserkildare · 04-08-2020 12:44pm #1

Just had this picture sent to me.

Anyone have any idea what it is?

magicbastarder · 04-08-2020 1:22pm

i just have a mental image now of people sending you unsolicited pics of slabs to your whatsapp...

cfuserkildare · 04-08-2020 1:37pm

I know,

I receive the oddest things sometimes,

But this picture was sent to me by my Dad,

Set in pavement outside the AIB in Wicklow town.

magicbastarder · 04-08-2020 2:00pm

to me it just looks like it might be cement or concrete backfilled into a square hole, perhaps where a bin or small tree might have been?

slowburner · 05-08-2020 5:03am

It looks like one half of a drain for receiving run off from a down pipe. The circular part would have been directly under the down pipe and a groove would have carried the run off away across the path to the kerb.
These are common enough in Wicklow villages and were usually hand cut in granite. Sadly, they are frequently replaced with concrete or just removed altogether

magicbastarder · 05-08-2020 8:25am

i interpreted the circular pattern as probably being from the float used to smooth out the concrete; and there seems to be 'bleed' over the adjoining cobbles in the lower left which could indicate something was poured in - i don't think you'd see that with hand cut stone?