What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise cross-slab CLN00048 was an outline cross with a median line inside a rectilinear frame, marked ANGE.. above the frame, but it is lost now. Petrie saw it in 1822, and Stokes later repeated its inscription, while the Office of Public Works preserved only the shape of what disappeared. The name fragment may have belonged to a person, a prayer, or a forgotten local word; the stone no longer answers that question.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00048 Dimensions: Unknown. Outline cross with a median line inside a rectilinear frame. Inscription: Inscribed 'ANGE..' above the frame. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822 Condition: Now lost. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XXVIII, no. 70. 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

Probably early medieval in date, associated with Christian monastic activity at Clonmacnoise. The partial inscription may indicate a dedication or name, reflecting the site's role as a center of religious and artistic tradition.

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