What is recorded here

Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise: a small stone fragment, largely flaked, perhaps part of a two-line ring or circular frame, no inscription, found at Clonmacnoise in County Offaly. It may have marked a grave, a shrine edge, or a boundary someone drew in stone before the meaning was lost. What is left is a thin curved shadow of a larger shape, waiting for the missing part to return.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00544 Dimensions: H 0.285, W 0.12, T 0.04 Part of a two line ring or circular frame (?). No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment largely flaked.. 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

Date likely to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), based on the style of the cross-slab and its association with Clonmacnoise, a major monastic site. The fragment may have originally formed part of a funerary or commemorative monument, though its specific meaning or dedication is not recorded.

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