WM-BMRE-0061

Record Date: 
7 September 2018
Graveyard: 
St. Owen's, Ballymore
Exact wording of epitaph: 

 PRAY
 FOR THE
 SOUL OF
 JOHN SP
 ALLAN WHO
 DIED APRIL
 YE 17 AGED 39
 1730

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Westmeath
Latitude: 
53.493069444444
Longitude: 
-7.6713472222222
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Spollan
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
April
Date of death - year: 
1730
Age: 
39
Notes: 

  This Gravestone is made of Brown Sandstone which is very unusual for this Graveyard.
  Also very unique is the inscription of, I H S enclosed in circle, on top of the Stone

Description:  simple deep incised writing which looks “homemade”, notice the mirrored N in John.