Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00406 Dimensions: H 0.29, W 0.39, T 0.08 Triple outline expansional cross with median line. The right cross arm terminal is looped and the cross stem terminal has a fret pattern. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'O BEAC'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Fragment with part of stem/right arm inscription.. 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

Date likely to the 9th–10th century AD, consistent with early Christian insular art in Ireland. The stylized cross may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, possibly associated with a monastic site like Clonmacnoise.