Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00235 Dimensions: H 0.245, W 0.295, T 0.065 Outline ring cross with hollow angles. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'BENO' Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1949. Condition: Fragment with part of centre and upper cross arm.. 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

Date likely to the 9th–11th century AD, associated with early Christian Ireland. The ring cross and partial inscription "BENO" may indicate a memorial or ecclesiastical marker, possibly commemorating a person of local religious significance.