We walk past remnants of our past every day without noticing. These are coal hole covers and are over 250 years old. The coal man would pour the coal through the hole down into a coal cellar - preventing the house getting dirty. Hundreds of years of our ancestors footsteps have worn them smooth. They’d have had raised designs to stop pedestrians slipping. #coalhole #coalholecover #coalchute #architecture #georgianarchitecture #dublin #ireland #victorian #newyork #blacksmith #metalwork #history #