What is recorded here

Breakage split the slab into two fragments, cement smothered the stone, and a name vanished except for TE…NCH. The cross still stands outlined in steps, its angles marked like a small staircase carved for someone who no longer has a address. Clonmacnoise keeps the shape even when it loses the words.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00065 Dimensions: A - 0.48 x 0.23 x 0.05 B - 0.50 x 0.36 x 0.05 Outline cross, stepped at the centre and all the quadrant angles, inside a two line frame. Inscription: There is a damaged inscription 'TE…NCH' beneath the frame. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Two fragments; surfaces much covered in cement. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1369. 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 early Christian period (7th–10th century). The stepped cross and double frame suggest a liturgical or commemorative function, possibly associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise.

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