Crash-barrier types!

This rather lonely bollard is to be found in the tiny St Alkmund's Square, an out of the way location in a back-street of Shrewsbury. It was probably placed in this odd position to stop carriages crashing into the corner of the house.

Embossed on the front of the bollard, facing the viewer, is a set of loggerheads (see right).
It's hard to see them clearly as they have been painted over in black, the same colour as the post itself.
They are probably civic loggerheads - i.e. placed on the structure to indicate that it was erected by the borough/town council.

Though there are many such posts in the town, there are very few such embossed posts. The only other ones I've found are in nearby St Mary's Court, but those are very worn.

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