Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00169 Dimensions: H 0.265, W 0.165, T 0.05 Fragment of a square looped terminal with interlace ornament in the centre. Petrie recorded the slab with a ring cross with four lozenges at the centre. Inscription: Recorded by Petrie '[OR D]O MUIRGUS … DEIC'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822 Condition: Fragment. Seen complete by Petrie and Macalister. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81- Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 123, Fig 17, no. 6 Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LI, no. 128. 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; likely a Christian grave slab associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise, featuring interlace ornament typical of High Cross art and possibly linked to early Irish monastic tradition.