What is recorded here

Crude chisel marks carve a ring cross no larger than a man's outstretched hands, preserving only the centre and two arms after centuries of loss. It belongs to Clonmacnoise, where repeated burial turned stone into a living archive of forgotten names. The maker worked quickly, perhaps for someone young or urgent, trusting the shape rather than words to mark the dead. What is missing has not stopped the cross from pointing upward.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00146 Dimensions: H 0.13, W 0.21, T 0.045 Outline ring cross with single ring - very crudely carved. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Fragment of centre and two cross arms and ring. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1462. 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

Early medieval Christian cross-slab, likely 8th to 10th century, associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise. The ring cross may symbolize Christian faith and was possibly used as a grave marker or commemorative monument.

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