What is recorded here

Half a metre of chipped stone, a cross with square ends and steps, a broken name beginning O-R-D-O. Clonmacnoise gave it up flaked and thin, but the shape still points upward. Whatever person it marked has vanished into the field, leaving only the angle of the arms to hold the sky.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00078 Dimensions: H 0.49, W 0.435, T 0.045 The surviving left and right cross arms and part of frame show an outline cross with square terminals, with steps, inside a two line frame. Beneath the frame is part of an inscription preceded by an initial cross. Inscription: 'O[RDO]' Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Badly flaked fragment with left/right arms and part of frame. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1361. 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 style of the outline cross with square terminals. Such cross-slabs were often associated with Christian burial sites and may have had a commemorative or liturgical function.

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