After I had removed all the concrete from the path there was left a lovely thick slab of blue stone which we would obviously repurpose somehow, possibly a step or part of a path. You can see this stone sticking up, two-thirds along the path towards the end of the “Jack hammer” video.
This evening I started work on removing some of the tree stumps we have in the garden and towards the end of the evening, as I was walking up the back path, I saw something on the above mentioned slab which looked like something carved. I knelt down and it was indeed a stone masons mark of some sort and after I cleared some plants away I noticed another one.
What these marks are for I have no idea, in the UK you often see mason marks to depict boundaries but they also seem to have other uses including religious. Maybe it was as simple as “this way up” or the masons initials? Seeing as this stone was an isolated stone amongst concrete I suspect that this stone has been recycled from another building or structure.
I do like these marks and as we have a stone mason friend, Paulo, I may ask him to teach me how to make similar.
Our friend Derrick thinks that this may be a horse carriage steeping stone which would help occupants disembark with style and grace.
If anyone has any information on these marking, please post a comment.
It probably stands for Treasure Trove 🙂