What is recorded here

That is a cross-slab in Clonmacnoise, a small worn fragment no taller than a child’s arm, marked only by a hollow angled ring cross and deprived of every name it may once have carried. It belongs to the old grave field where Clonmacnoise kept its dead, and its plain shape suggests it marked an ordinary person rather than a king or saint. Rain, foottraffic and time have rubbed it until the stone itself becomes uncertain, as if the dead were refusing to be remembered correctly.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00242 Dimensions: H 0.25, W 0.20, T 0.035 Outline hollow angled ring cross. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Very worn fragment with centre of the cross.. 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

Early Christian period, likely 7th to 10th century. The hollow angled ring cross is a typical Christian symbol associated with monastic sites like Clonmacnoise, possibly used as a grave marker or devotional object.

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