What is recorded here

Half a metre tall, no name carved, the cross stands in Clonmacnoise with a single line ring and slight swell at each arm end. It belongs to the old grave field where many lives ended and forgot to be remembered. The upper arm is chipped, the edges worn smooth, perhaps by rain or perhaps by hands that touched it before leaving.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00125 Dimensions: H 0.35, W 0.325, T 0.055 A linear ring cross with a single line ring. Slight expansions at arm ends. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58 Condition: Worn. Slight damage to upper cross arm. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-117, 411, 632. 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

A 6th- to 10th-century AD Christian cross-slab, likely used as a grave marker or commemorative monument, featuring a linear ring cross with slight arm-end expansions, typical of early Irish high crosses. No inscription suggests it may have been a simple memorial or part of a wider monastic or ecclesiastical landscape at Clonmacnoise.

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