What is recorded here

Lionard documented the Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise within his study of early Irish grave-slabs, preserving a stone marker from the ancient monastic landscape of County Offaly. The slab stands as a silent witness to burial practices and artistic expression in early medieval Ireland, its weathered surface holding centuries of rain and memory. What the community valued enough to carve and set in earth remains visible beside the river, inviting contemplation of lives lived and forgotten beneath the grass.

See Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 120, Fig 15, no. 8. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. Likely served as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting the area's historical role as an important religious and cultural center.

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