What is recorded here

The Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise is a small, worn fragment bearing an outline cross with stepped terminals and interlace plaitwork on one face, while the reverse carries an expansional cross. It stands among the quiet graves of Clonmacnoise, where monks and travellers once marked death with stone and prayer. The cement damage and fading surface suggest handling, movement, or forgetting across centuries. What remains is not a complete monument but a visible fragment of that older ritual, still catching light in County Offaly.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00082 Dimensions: H 0.46, W 0.28 Surviving part of cross arm, terminal and centre show an outline cross with stepped termianl. The surface of the cross has interlace plaitwork. There is an expansional cross on the other side of the slab. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905 Condition: Fragment. Surface worn and cement damaged. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1432. 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

Probably dates to the early medieval period (7th–10th century). The cross and interlace design may have had Christian symbolic meaning, reflecting the monastic heritage of Clonmacnoise.

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