LA-LEAO-0074

Record Date: 
4 November 2020
Graveyard: 
Lea, Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lieth the

Body of George

Sauage who dep

arted his (sic) life the

26th of January 1761

Aged 88

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Laois
Latitude: 
53.155308519982
Longitude: 
-7.1413681699913
People commemorated: 
Name: 
George
Surname: 
Savage
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1761
Notes: 

Round topped headstone with flat shoulders. Sound and insitu.

IHS with cross attached carved in false relief and border also present. This is the earliest mortuary monument recorded so far.