CO-BHOL-0059

Record Date: 
10 August 2020
Graveyard: 
Ballyhay Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

ERECTED BY

RICHARD MASON

CHARLEVILLE

IN MEMORY OF

HIS WIFE AND FAMILY

A.D. 1891

Memorial Type: 
Metal cross
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.328011111111
Longitude: 
-8.6596638888889
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Richard
Surname: 
Mason
Date of death - year: 
1891
Address: 
Charleville
Notes: 

At the back of this monument is the following engraving;

'Sisteviator

Re No 985454

No 385'

'Sisteviator' translates from latin as 'stop traveller'.

It was a common inscription on Roman roadside tombs.