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Cross-slab (present location) in Clone

Cross-slab (present location)

What is recorded here

This cross-slab that was upright (total H 1.02m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.26m) c. 40m SE of the graveyard (WX015-023002-) of Clone church (WX015-023001-) has an incised Maltese cross in a circle (diam. 0.29m) on one face and it was kept within the graveyard in the 1990s but it is now temporarily in the OPW depot at Kilkenny (see KK019-026410-). See the attached image by Chris Corlett Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 23 August, 2018 Amended: 14/07/2022
This cross-slab, dating likely to the early medieval period (c. 7th–10th century), may have served as a Christian memorial or waymark. The incised Maltese cross suggests a connection to Christian symbolism, possibly linked to pilgrimage routes or local ecclesiastical traditions.

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