Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00202 Dimensions: Unknown. Hollow angled ring cross with a pointed base which contains a triquetra. There is a circular ornament in the centre of the cross. Inscription: 'OR DO LOAN' inscribed in three lines about the head of the cross. Evidence of discovery: Drawn by Petrie at Clonmacnoise in 1822. Lost before 1872, refound 1954-58. Condition: Now lost. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p V, no. 14. 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

This cross-slab, dating likely to the early medieval period (7th–10th century), reflects Christian symbolism with the ringed cross and triquetra, possibly representing the Holy Trinity or spiritual protection. Such stones were often associated with monastic sites like Clonmacnoise and may have marked graves or served as devotional objects.