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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00233 Dimensions: H 0.22, W 0.145, T 0.028 An outline ring cross with hollow angles. Inscription: The bottom of the letters of an inscription 'IMR'. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58. Condition: Fragment with part of ring and left arm of cross. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-261, 276, 400. 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 9th–10th century AD, consistent with early Christian cross-slabs in Ireland. The ring cross and inscription may indicate a memorial or ecclesiastical function, common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise.

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