Boundary Marker, Grosvenor Grammar School, Marina Park, Belfast BT5 6BA

A cast-iron boundary post marked as dating from 1853 but located here probably from around 1898, marking what was originally the perimeter of the administrative jurisdiction of Belfast Corporation and of Pottinger District Electoral Division and Ward within it. The post is sited at the edge of playing fields between Clarawood Estate and Grosvenor Grammar School. Of slightly tapered cylindrical profile, the post measures c.3ft high by 1ft diameter and is painted black. Banded octagonal base and oversailing flat octagonal cap with slightly smaller fluted circular upstand. A fleur de lis points in the direction of Orby Drive - to the next post marking the boundary. Front face bears the shield of Belfast Corporation’s coat of arms, below which would have been an attached plaque reading “Parliamentary/ and Municipal/ Boundary of/ Belfast/ Pottinger Division/ Pottinger Ward/ 1918”.The plaque appears to be missing. The plaque would have been secured to the post with four countersunk screws. The original legend (which has been partly ground off) reads '[M]unicipa[l] [B]oundar[y] 1853'