Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00311 Dimensions: Unknown. Expansional cross with fret pattern in the terminal expansions and spiral pattern in the central circular expansion. Inscription: The letters 'GU'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1949. Condition: Now lost. Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 133, Fig 24, no. 8. 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

Date likely to the 9th to 11th century AD, based on the style of the expansional cross and associated spiral and fret patterns typical of early medieval Christian art in Ireland. Such slabs were often used as grave markers or commemorative monuments, associated with monastic sites like Clonmacnoise, and may reflect both Christian symbolism and pre-Christian artistic traditions.