What is recorded here

Macalister found the broken cross slab at Clonmacnoise during his 1898 to 1905 work. It stands forty-eight centimetres tall, thirty-six wide and six point five thick, bearing an expansional cross, circular interlace and the surviving letters O]R DO [D. The blank semicircular terminal and missing arm suggest a larger monument, reduced to a fragment that still points toward the person and prayer it marked.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00354 Dimensions: H 0.48, W 0.36, T 0.065 Outline expansional cross with median line and circular central expansion with interlace decoration. The semicircular terminal expansion is blank. Inscription: Part of an inscription: 'O]R DO [D'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Fragment with part of centre/cross arm/inscription. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81- Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 134, Fig 25, no. 12. 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, consistent with the high cross tradition in Ireland. The interlace and cross design may signify Christian symbolism, possibly marking a burial or commemorative site.

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