What is recorded here

Broken cross fragments scatter Clonmacnoise like shattered church bones. Some remain whole enough to touch, others reduce to edge and memory. The monastery repeated craftsmanship until stone itself became common. That is why so much survives, and why so little can be named.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00518 Dimensions: H 0.175, W 0.145, T 0.04 Part of a cross with a ring or circular frame. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment.. The Clonmacnoise inventory was compiled by the Office of Public Works. A copy of the record for this slab is available for inspection in the relevant Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR) file. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Likely dating to the early Christian period (6th–10th century), the cross-slab may have been part of a high cross or funerary monument associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise. Such crosses often carried Christian symbolism, though specific meaning or folklore related to this fragment is not recorded.

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