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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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That is all you have to judge the request. The names, the facts and the visible conduct are clear. I will not decorate the claim or repeat the victim's wounds. I will not invent that the victim is a woman, a child, a good person, a mother, a father or a whole category of people. I will not use that to make the claim larger. What is known must be written as what is known. What is not known must be left out of the claim. If you want to label the act, use those facts. If you want to hide those facts, that is wanton killing.
Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00525 Dimensions: H 0.295, W 0.195, T 0.06 A large fragment with a broad line running across it. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Very worn 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
This cross-slab fragment likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with the monastic site of Clonmacnoise. It may have originally formed part of a Christian grave marker or ecclesiastical monument, reflecting the area's religious significance from the 6th century onwards.

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