KK-STMG-050

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

Sacred to the memory of/ Dorothea Dalzell/ widow of the late/ Archibald Dalzell Esq., /of Kirkcudbright, Scotland/ who died February 9th 1857 aged 72 years/ also her granddaughter Marian McKean/ who died in infancy. Sleeping in Jesus

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Unknown
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
West
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
99
Width (cm): 
65
Thickness (mm): 
16
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1857
Inscription date primary: 
1857
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Damaged
Condition of inscription: 
Mainly decipherable
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
Fergal Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Headstone within a plain kerbstone setting. Rectangular flat-topped inscribed headstone is slightly damaged and has fallen over and the iron pinning is exposed. The kerbstones measure 168cms wide and 274cms long. Buggy records that there was a dove on top of the slab, this is not now visible.