What is recorded here

Half a metre of grey stone, narrow as a forearm, holds a stepped cross inside a thin line. Someone cut a name from above that line, erasing the person who owned the cross but leaving the shape of the claim behind. The right edge has broken away, yet the angular terminals still protrude like teeth. Forgetting removed the words; the chisel made the void visible.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00071 Dimensions: H 0.53, W 0.43, T 0.06 An outline cross with stepped terminals, except on the cross stem, enclosed by a single line frame. Inscription: Above the frame there seems to have been an inscription which has been chisled away. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Right side of slab badly damaged. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1395. 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 8th to 10th century AD, consistent with early Christian inscribed cross-slabs in Ireland. The cross and inscription suggest a funerary or commemorative function, typical of monastic sites like Clonmacnoise.

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