What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise cross-slab CLN00647 is a thin stone, 0.315 m high and 0.60 m wide, with little left but part of a two-line border and a crude step-like fret pattern. It emerged during OPW work in 1954-58, has suffered since, and still gives no inscription or clear internal pattern. What is missing may be erosion, reuse or forgotten making; the visible frame suggests a cross once stood behind an ordinary boundary of stone.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00647 Dimensions: H 0.315, W 0.60, T 0.02 Two line border with crude step-like fret pattern. Suffered since discovery in 1954-58. No evidence for the internal pattern. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58. Condition: Only part of the frame remains. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-308. 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

Early medieval cross-slab, likely 8th to 10th century, associated with the monastic site of Clonmacnoise. Its step-like fret pattern may symbolize spiritual ascent or have decorative and ritual significance.

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