Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00353 Dimensions: H 0.23, W 0.185, T 0.018 Double outline expansional cross with median line. The semicircular terminal expansion has a complicated and well excuted fret pattern. The ornament in the centre was probably a fret or interlace pattern. Inscriptioin: Part of an inscription 'D]O'. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment with terminal and part of centre expansion. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-166, 169. 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 cross-slab likely served a Christian funerary or commemorative function, reflecting the artistic traditions of early medieval monastic Clonmacnoise.