What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise cross-slab number 75 is a small weathered fragment, barely thirty-four centimetres tall, bearing a double outline cross with stepped terminals and a plain linear cross at its centre. It has no name, no date and no claim except the shape cut through stone. In a field crowded with kings, saints and warriors, that absence is striking. Perhaps it marked someone young, poor or forgotten, whose identity dissolved before the cross was even set.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00075 Dimensions: H 0.34, W 0.32, T 0.115 Double outline cross with stepped terminals inside a single line frame. There is a linear cross with bar terminals in the centre. There are steps in the inner angles of the frame. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Weathered fragment with part of centre and three cross arms. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1450. 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 9th to 11th century AD, associated with early Christian Ireland. The cross design suggests a liturgical or commemorative function, possibly marking a grave or religious site.

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