What is recorded here

Clear fact: A weathered rectangular cross-slab stands in the Clonfert Cathedral graveyard, now incorporated into a modern grave surround. The ringed cross still occupies most of the stone, yet the words above it have nearly disappeared. That is the shape of the place: old belief made visible, then reduced to a marker inside a newer marker.

Located in the graveyard (GA101-017002-) that surrounds Clonfert Cathedral (GA101-017001-), this cross-slab is now incorporated into a modern grave surround. Described by Higgins (1987, ii, 375, no. 95) as a weathered rectangular slab (H 0.61m; Wth 0.63m; T 0.12m) bearing a two-line ringed cross with straight-ended terminals. The cross occupies most of the slab but traces of an inscription reading OR DO were recorded above it, on the left hand side, by various authors (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 105; Crawford 1913, 153(b)). It is now very difficult to make out. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 May 2018

Likely dating to the early medieval period, this cross-slab may have originally served as a Christian memorial or waymarker. Its incorporation into a modern grave suggests a continuity of sacred use within the historic graveyard.

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