KK-STMG-271

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here Lieth the body of Mr. James/ Purdue who dep'd this life Feb 11th 1811/ Aged 36 yrs with four of his Children/ who died young./ May his Soul rest in peyce Amen

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
East West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
69
Width (cm): 
44
Thickness (mm): 
10
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1811
Inscription date primary: 
1811
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, in place
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed headstone with concave shoulders and a rounded central feature with sinuous shoulders. Faint traces of an IHS surmounted by a cross with expanded terminals in the top centre of the stone and on either side of these incised urns? A scroll with 'Gloria in Excelcious Deo' is situated below the IHS.