What is recorded here

Badly flaked now, the cross arm and frame still hold their shape, small enough to lift with one hand. It lay hidden at Clonmacnoise until Davis found it in 1984, bringing a forgotten marker back into the graveyard’s company. No name remains on its face, but the clean double line around the cross suggests someone wanted it seen, remembered, and perhaps prayed beside.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00500 Dimensions: H 0.23, W 0.12, T 0.025 Outline (?) cross in a two line rectilinear frame. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: A badly flaked fragment of frame and cross arm.. 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 medieval period, given the cross-slab style common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise. Such slabs may have served as grave markers or commemorative monuments, reflecting Christian symbolism in a landscape with strong monastic traditions.

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