What is recorded here
Graveslab in Burgagery-Lands West is a graveslab in Burgagery-Lands West, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands at the west end of St. Mary's graveyard, preserving a 1615 date and a later 1749 inscription for James Legge. The slab measures 0.67 metres high, 0.44 metres wide and 0.1 metre thick.
In St. Mary's graveyard (TS083-019020-) at the W end of the graveyard. A 17th-century graveslab (H 0.67m above ground; Wth 0.44m; T 0.1m) standing upright, embedded in the ground. It bears an inscription in raised lettering which reads: INO 1615 IN THE 2D YEARE… the remainder of the inscription was buried, presumably when the graveslab was placed upright and reused in the 18th century, the later inscription reads: James Legge Died Aug.st 3d 1749 Aged 50 Years. The back of the slab is roughly dressed.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 26 January 2015
A 17th-century Christian graveslab; local significance within St. Mary's graveyard.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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