What is recorded here

Davis uncovered the fragment in 1984, revealing a small cross with rectangular terminals trapped inside a double line. It measures barely fourteen centimetres tall, yet the geometry remains sharp enough to suggest a deliberate boundary rather than casual decoration. The missing arm and base hint that a larger slab once stood before breaking, perhaps marking a grave or a sacred threshold in Clonmacnoise.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00077 Dimensions: H 0.145, W 0.12, T 0.065 An outline cross with rectangular terminals inside a two line frame. No Inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Fragment of cross arm, terminal and frame. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1464. 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, given the cross-slabs typology common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise. The cross may have had a Christian funerary or commemorative function, typical of grave markers in Irish monastic cemeteries.

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