What is recorded here

Breakers snapped the slab in two and took the top half away. They left the bottom half behind because it was heavy and rained on that night. The missing top may have shown a face, a date or a warning. The surviving bottom still shows a cross and the name RON.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00568 Dimensions: H 0.20, W 0.195 Outline cross with median line inside a two line frame. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'RON'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1949. Condition: Fragment with part of cross arm and frame.. 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

Early medieval Christian cross-slab, likely 8th to 10th century, associated with the monastic site of Clonmacnoise; the partial inscription "RON" may be part of a name or dedication, reflecting early Irish Christian funerary or commemorative practice.

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