What is recorded here

Graveslab in Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Mary’s Par.) stands above the Watters vault at St Mary’s parish church in Kilkenny, a coffin-shaped slab of fossiliferous limestone from the 13th or 14th century. It bears an inscribed cross-head with fleur-de-lis terminals, yet part is damaged, perhaps from a pipe trench cut through the grounds. The slab was uncovered during the 2015 excavations and re-set where it can still be seen, marking a buried life beneath the church floor.

At St Mary's parish church (KK019-026115-) in Kilkenny. A 13th/14th-century coffin-shaped graveslab (L 0.84m; Wth 0.62m), made from fossiliferous limestone. Re-set above the lintel of the entrance to the Watters burial vault in the former N aisle of the church. It was uncovered during the 2015 excavations (Ó Drisceoil 2019, unpublished). The slab bears an inscribed cross-head with fleur-de-lis terminals. It has been partially damaged, possibly when a pipe trench was been excavated. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 21 November 2022

13th/14th-century Christian graveslab, associated with the Watters family burial vault at St Mary's parish church in Kilkenny. Its reuse above the lintel indicates continuity of sacred space and familial commemoration in medieval ecclesiastical architecture.

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