What is recorded here

Broken cross-slab at Clonmacnoise, small enough to hold in both hands, with a triangular end or lozenge still showing. It has no name carved on it, only the shape of a prayer compressed into stone. Whoever laid it there may have believed the dead could still be pointed upward.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00425 Dimensions: H 0.155, W 0.11, T 0.025 Outline cross with the remains of an expansional triangular terminal or central lozenge. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment with part of terminal or centre of cross.. 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 early medieval period, given its cross form and context within Clonmacnoise, a major monastic site. Such slabs may have marked burials or served as devotional markers, reflecting Christian symbolism in a traditionally sacred landscape.

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