What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise, County Offaly: a broken quern stone, convex and small, bears a double outline cross around a circular centre. It is not a grave marker in the grand sense, but a household stone made sacred, perhaps set down beside a threshold or buried when the house emptied. The cross does not declare a name; it declares that ordinary life was watched, measured, and returned to the earth with dignity.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00441 Dimensions: H 0.19, W 0.25, T 0.06 Fragment of a quern stone with a double outline cross with circular centre - the stone is convex. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment of quern stone.. 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 fragment of a quern stone with a double outline cross, likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), indicating a possible association with Christian ritual or domestic use in a monastic or rural setting. Such crosses were commonly carved for religious purposes or as markers.

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