What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise holds a tiny broken cross-slab, measured at seventeen centimetres high and fourteen wide, with a double outline and no name carved upon it. The main body has vanished, leaving only a small fragment behind. That absence turns the monument into a trap for memory, forcing whoever views it to complete the missing shape and imagine the person who stood before it.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00493 Dimensions: H 0.17, W 0.14, T 0.06 Double outline cross (?) with either a square centre or stepped terminal. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Only a small fragment remains.. 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 Christian period, associated with monastic settlement at Clonmacnoise. Likely used as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting Christian symbolism in a ritual or funerary context.

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