What is recorded here

Cross-slab CLN00206 in Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, bears a two-line hollow angled ring cross with terminal loops inside a rectangular panel and the name DUNADA. Petrie saw it in 1822, but the slab vanished afterward, leaving DUNADA suspended between memory and loss. The chamber may have marked an ordinary person, a traveller, or a forgotten keeper of the place.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00206 Dimensions: Unknown. Two line hollow angled ring cross with loops at the terminals in a two line rectangular panel. Inscription: Inscribed 'DUNADA'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Condition: Lost after 1822. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XLVIII, no. 12 Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 122, Fig 16, no. 2. 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, associated with Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. The cross and inscription may commemorate a local figure or event, with "Dunada" possibly a personal name or dedication.

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