Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina abin tunawa na farko a Sackville Street a 1759 a wurin da ginshiƙin Nelson zai tsaya a ƙarshe. Batun shi ne William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney, wani jami'in soja na Limerick wanda aka haife shi wanda aikinsa ya wuce fiye da shekaru 60 kuma ya ƙare tare da mika wuya ga Faransanci bayan da aka kewaye Minorca
a shekara ta 1756. An buɗe mutum-mutumin tagulla wanda John van Nost ƙarami ya sassaka a ranar St Patrick, 17 ga Maris, 1759. Donal Fallon, a cikin tarihinsa na Pillar, ya bayyana cewa kusan daga farkonsa, mutum-mutumin Blakeney ya kasance makasudin lalata. Abin da ya faru ba shi da tabbas; Fallon ya rubuta cewa an narkar da shi don bindigogi, amma an cire shi a cikin 1805.