Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00355 Dimensions: H 0.56, W 0.26, T 0.05 Outline expansional cross with median line and circular central expansion containing interlace knots. Part of a terminal survives on what is possibly the upper arm of the cross. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'ORD'. It is hard to make out its position relative to the cross. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1949. Condition: Fragment, centre only. Damaged since 1949. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-491. 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 to 11th century AD, associated with early Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. The cross-slab may have served as a funerary or commemorative monument, its interlace knots and expanded arms reflecting both Christian symbolism and Insular artistic traditions.