What is recorded here

Half a metre tall and seventy centimetres wide, the slab lies concrete-choked in Clonmacnoise, its cross lost and the final three letters of OR DO CHOIND worn away. Macalister found it between 1898 and 1905, but the concrete and damage have swallowed the shape that once pointed upward. The name may belong to a child, a lover or a forgotten cleric; the loss of those letters turns fact into speculation.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00592 Dimensions: H 0.49, W 0.71, T 0.06 No cross survives. Inscription: 'O]R DO CHOIND' The last three letters are damaged. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Stone concrete encrusted and inscription damaged.. 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

Dated to the early Christian period, likely 8th to 10th century AD, the inscription may be a personal name or dedication, reflecting the monastic and memorial traditions of Clonmacnoise. The absence of a cross suggests it may have been a simple gravemarker rather than a Christian symbol carrier.

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