What is recorded here

No visible trace remains at Clonmacnoise, though Graves recorded the cross-slab in 1854. It stood eighty-one centimetres tall with looped terminals and a fretted centre, bearing only the fragments OR D[O] before breaking or refusal removed it from ordinary sight. The stone may have marked a person the community stopped naming, leaving behind a cross wounded enough to disappear into the ground itself.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00338 Dimensions: H 0.815, W 0.214, T 0.15 Outline expansional cross with a median line, looped semicircular terminals and central expansion with fret pattern. The stone may have been refused and it has received extensive damage. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'OR D[O]'. Evidence of discovery: Graves 1854. Condition: Part of the cross has broken off. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-457 Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 133, Fig 24, no. 9. 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 dates to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), associated with Christian monastic activity at Clonmacnoise. The cross-slab likely served as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting Insular Christian art traditions.

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