What is recorded here

Broken and buried, the cross still stands half-visible in Clonmacnoise, its looped end trembling with a small fret pattern. It is not whole, nor named, nor certain in date; it is a fragment large enough to stop a hand mid-air. What the missing part hid, the stone no longer answers.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00401 Dimensions: H 0.425, W 0.435 Double outline expansional cross with median line. The looped terminal has fret pattern. Part of a large fragment. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905 Condition: Fragment with arm and terminal of cross. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-107, 209, 238, 964. 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

A Christian cross-slab, likely dating to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), associated with the monastic site of Clonmacnoise. The expansional cross and fret patterns reflect Insular artistic traditions, possibly used as a grave marker or commemorative monument.

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