Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00465 Dimensions: H 2.05, W 0.50 - 0.42, T 0.08 Romanesque graveslab. It seems to have been an inverted cross with outline and median lines and an oval shaped centre. There may have been foliage or similar design at the top of the slab but it is now too badly worn to decipher. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Very worn and flaked; top part of slab damaged.. 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

Romanesque period (11th–12th century). Likely used as a Christian gravemarker, reflecting the monastic and ecclesiastical significance of Clonmacnoise in medieval Ireland.