Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00167 Dimensions: Unknown. Double outline ring cross inside a fret border. Inscription: 'OR OA…THIN'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Condition: Lost after 1822. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XVIII, no. 46. 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

Dateable to the early medieval period, likely 8th to 10th century AD, the cross-slab reflects Christian symbolism common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise. The inscription may contain a personal name or invocation, typical of memorial or devotional stones in early Irish Christianity.