What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise holds a tiny flaked cross fragment, barely twenty centimetres tall, preserving only an outline expansional cross, median line and possible lozenge centre. Davis found the piece in 1984, and the Office of Public Works later recorded what remained of a larger memorial. The missing parts may have belonged to a grave, gate or chapel wall, but the surviving shard still carries the maker’s interlace and the patience of stone.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00421 Dimensions: H 0.20, W 0.215, T 0.05 Fragment of an outline expansional cross with median line and lozenge centre (?) with interlace design. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment - very flaked.. 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 (7th–10th century). The cross design suggests a Christian funerary or commemorative function, common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise.

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