Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00196 Dimensions: Unknown. Hollow angled ring cross of which the lower arm terminates in spirals. Inscription: Inscribed in two lines 'OR D[O] CHARTHAC[H]'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Condition: Lost after 1822. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XXIII, no. 58. 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

9th- to 10th-century AD; the inscription is a prayer in Old Irish meaning "Prayer of Carthach," suggesting a Christian funerary or commemorative function. The cross design reflects Insular artistic traditions associated with monastic sites like Clonmacnoise.