What is recorded here

Cross-slab CLN00230 at Clonmacnoise is a worn fragment holding a hollow angled cross inside a double circular frame. Its cleft semicircular terminals and missing inscription turn it into a quiet puzzle rather than a finished statement. The chamber may have marked a buried life, a boundary, or a prayer never spoken aloud.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00230 Dimensions: H 0.41, W 0.17, T 0.085 Surviving part of frame, centre and two arms of cross show an outline hollow angled cross with median line inside a two line circular frame. The teminals are semicircular shaped and strangely cleft. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Very worn fragment. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1359. 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 (7th–11th century). The cross-slab may have had a Christian funerary or commemorative function, typical of monastic sites like Clonmacnoise.

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