Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00224 Dimensions: H 0.492, W 0.353, T 0.03 Double outline ring cross with hollow angles inside a four line frame. The line of the cross make up the lines of the frame. The centre is lozenge shaped and when the angles are included forms a roundel. Inscription: Possible inscription has flaked away. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58 Condition: Right arm and stem of cross and part of frame gone. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-1, 3, 10, 820. 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

9th- to 10th-century AD; the double outline ring cross is a typical High Cross design associated with early Christian Ireland, likely used as a grave marker or commemorative monument. Such crosses often carried religious significance and may have been linked to the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise.