What is recorded here

Breakers took the largest slab in 1937. They wanted stone for a new wall at a farm outside the town. The man who owned the field refused to sell it. He said the dead had already paid for it with their lives. The men left empty-handed. They returned the next day with a larger crew. The field owner stood between them and the slab with a shovel in his hand. Nobody forced him. They took a smaller stone from elsewhere and built their wall. The cross-slab stayed in the field until the survey came.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00097 Dimensions: H 0.48, W 0.48, T 0.09 An outline cross with hollow angles and paddle shaped arms inside a two line rectilinear frame. There is a roundel in the centre formed by a sunken circle. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58 Condition: Fragment with part of frame, arm and stem of cross National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1382. 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, possibly 8th to 10th century AD, based on the cross-slabs found in the Clonmacnoise area. Such slabs were often used as grave markers or commemorative monuments, reflecting Christian symbolism and local monastic traditions.

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