Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00273 Dimensions: H 0.20, W 0.15, T 0.075 Double outline cross (?) with circular centre and terminal expansions. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Damaged fragment with part of border and terminal.. 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 early Christian period, c. 7th–10th century AD. The cross design may have had a Christian symbolic function, possibly associated with a burial or memorial context.