What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise Cross-slab CLN00649 is a small damaged fragment, 0.165 m high, 0.135 m wide and 0.05 m thick, bearing a two-line frame and fret pattern but no inscription. It belongs to the grave-slab inventory at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, recorded in 1992 and first evidenced by Davis in 1984. What is left is enough to show that someone marked a life there, perhaps a child, a servant or a forgotten monk, and then time took the name back.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00649 Dimensions: H 0.165, W 0.135, T 0.05 Two line frame with a fret pattern inside. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Damaged and worn fragment with part of fret 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

Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian monastic activity in the region. The fret pattern may symbolize interwoven spiritual or cosmic themes, common in Insular art.

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