Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00317 Dimensions: H 0.725, W 0.36, T 0.0155 Outline expansional cross with median line and a circular centre with a trieskilon. The terminals are all semicircular and blank except for the base which ends in an oval-shaped terminal. Inscription: 'OR AR MAEL COSCAIR' inscribed vertically. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Complete. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-140, 190. 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 (7th–10th century AD). The cross-slab may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, with the trieskilon symbol possibly representing the Holy Trinity.