What is recorded here

Thirty centimetres of worn stone hold a cross whose bottom edge has vanished, leaving only a ghost of O and a forgotten fret pattern. It is small enough to lift, thin enough to break, yet it survived the fields of Clonmacnoise where larger monuments disappeared. Whoever cut it worked quickly or stopped before finishing. The missing end may have named the dead, sealed a prayer, or completed the shape; rain and time took that much.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00393 Dimensions: H 0.40, W 0.22, T 0.03 Outline expansional cross with median line(?) and semicircular terminal with a fret pattern. Inscription: Part of a letter 'O'. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Very worn with part of terminal/inscription.. 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 medieval (7th–10th century), associated with Christian symbolism; the cross and inscription suggest a funerary or commemorative function, common in monastic or ecclesiastical contexts like Clonmacnoise.

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