What is recorded here

Snedreagol is buried beneath a thin stone cross in Clonmacnoise, the name split across two lines beside wedge-shaped arms. The slab stands barely thirty centimetres tall, narrow enough for one person to guard, yet it has survived the kind of forgetting that erases most human traces. Its left edge may have been cut back, perhaps to fit another wall or altar, while the name remained stubbornly visible.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00024 Dimensions: H 0.305, W 0.495, T 0.03 Linear cross with wedge shaped terminals. Not dominated by the inscription. The slab may have been shaped down the lefthand side. Inscription: Two line inscription 'SNEDREAGOL'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905 Condition: Very slightly flaked and worn. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-286, 408, 654 Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 102, Fig 1, no. 4. 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 early medieval period (8th–10th century). The cross-slab may have served as a gravestone or memorial, reflecting Christian symbolism in a region historically significant for monastic activity.

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