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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00543 Dimensions: H 0.12, W 0.115, T 0.05 Single line 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
Date likely to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), given the context of Clonmacnoise as an important monastic site. The single-line ring may represent a simple cross or symbolic motif associated with Christian iconography.

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