What is recorded here

Broken cross-slab, Clonmacnoise, County Offaly. A fragment of arm and frame, no more than twenty-three centimetres tall, holds an outline cross within a faint double border. It survived without inscription, perhaps because the dead person mattered less to the chisel than the shape itself. In a monastery crowded with graves, even a small cross may have pointed someone toward mercy, memory, or the end of a life nobody recorded.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00496 Dimensions: H 0.23, W 0.155, T 0.05 Outline cross inside a two (?) line frame. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment of cross arm and frame.. 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 dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian monastic activity at Clonmacnoise. Likely used as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting the site's religious significance.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.