What is recorded here

Worn into a thin corner, the cross-slab still holds a four-line frame and a faint fret pattern. It is not a complete monument but a surviving edge, small enough to lift yet heavy with the loss of everything removed. Clonmacnoise gave up its shape to time, and this fragment remains because even a border can mark the place where a larger life disappeared.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00654 Dimensions: H 0.25, W 0.14, T 0.045 Four line frame with a simple fret pattern. The corner piece survives showing a change in pattern which has worn away. No inscripiton. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Worn fragment of a border.. 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

Probably dates to the early medieval period (5th–10th century). Likely associated with Christian symbolism, given the context of Clonmacnoise as an important monastic site, though its specific use or meaning remains unclear.

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