What is recorded here
Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00062
Dimensions: Unknown.
Outline cross with stepped centre inside a rectilinear frame.
Inscription: Illegible inscription possibly 'ILL'
Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822
Condition: Now lost.
Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XXVIII, no. 62. 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 Christian cross-slab, likely 8th to 10th century AD, associated with the monastic site of Clonmacnoise. The stepped cross and rectilinear frame are typical of High Cross art, possibly denoting a Christian burial or memorial.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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