KK-OAKT-0019

Record Date: 
6 October 2012
Graveyard: 
Old Abbey Knocktopher Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here lieth the body of Richard Butler who depd this life March 31st 1772 aged 60 years with 7 of his children erected by his son Edmund

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.483191666667
Longitude: 
-7.2155797222222
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Unknown
Erected by: 
Edmund Butler
Denomination: 
Roman Catholic
Orientation of face: 
E
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
107
Width (cm): 
61
Thickness (mm): 
150
Memorial date stated
Year: 
1772
Memorial date inferred: 
1772
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Decipherable using techniques
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Stone top: 
Round
Letter style: 
Roman
Introductory term: 
Here lieth the body of Richard Butler
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
8
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Richard
Surname: 
Butler
Date of death - day: 
31
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1772
Age: 
60
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Name: 
Child
Surname: 
Butler
Notes: 

Iconography: Christian Monogram IHS with cross resting on the bar of the H within a rayed sunburst