Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00340 Dimensions: Unknown. Expansional cross with circular centre and semicircular arm terminal expansions. The expansions contain fret pattern and the lower terminal has looped ears. Inscription: '[C]OSCRACH'. Evidence of discovery: Drawn by Petrie at Clonmacnoise in 1822. Condition: Lost after 1822 Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LVIII, no. 142. 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 medieval period (7th–10th century AD), given the style of the expansional cross and fretwork, commonly associated with Christian monastic sites like Clonmacnoise. Such slabs may have marked graves or served as memorials, reflecting both Christian symbolism and the artistic traditions of early Irish monastic communities.