What is recorded here

Now number KD047 in the OPW store, Kilkenny, the irregular sandstone slab still wears a cross-of-arcs within a circle, though its broken top and cracked dexter side mark it as wounded. It stood on a small mound near Clone church, facing west, before human hands moved it into keeping. Du Noyer drew that west-facing cross in the 1860s, preserving the shape after the stone left its local sky. The slab has changed address, but its arcs still describe a complete circle.

Formerly situated on a small mound (diam. c. 3m; H 0.3m) c. 80m SE of Clone church (WX015-023001--), Co. Wexford. Currently in the OPW store, Kilkenny (Kilkenny depot stone carving number: KD047). An irregular sandstone slab (L 1.02m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.26cm) which tapers towards the base (see WX015-023012-). The broad face on one side is incised with a cross-of-arcs within a circle (diam. 0.29m). The top of the stone is damaged, with a portion missing, and some spalling extends from the top onto the upper portion of the cross. There is also a crack running roughly vertically down the dexter side of the cross face. The cross slab was drawn by Du Noyer (1864-6, 443; Royal Irish Academy: Du Noyer Sketches VII/50) when it was located on the mound. The cross was then facing west. See attached photograph: KK019-026410-_01 (photograph by Chris Corlett) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 January 2023

Probably dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th century), this cross-slab may have originally marked a burial or ritual site, associated with the nearby Clone church. Such stones often carried Christian symbols or inscriptions, though their specific folklore or use in this location remains unrecorded.

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