Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00236 Dimensions: H 0.18, W 0.25, T 0.013 Outline ring cross with hollow angles. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'REN'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1949. Condition: Badly damaged fragment with part of arm and ring. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-266, 247. 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, given the ring cross and Latin inscription. Such slabs were often associated with Christian burial or memorial sites, common in monastic landscapes like Clonmacnoise.