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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Davis 1984 found a small broken stone in Clonmacnoise, not much bigger than a bread loaf, with two damaged letters AT still visible on its surface. The cross is missing, the edges are flaked, and most of the name has gone, but those two letters remain like a hand reaching out of forgetting. They may belong to a person, a prayer, or a marker for another world, yet they still point toward someone important enough to cut into stone.
Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00621 Dimensions: H 0.11, W 0.20, T 0.055 No cross recorded. Inscription: Part of two damaged letters 'AT'. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: A badly flaked fragment.. 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

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