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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

What is recorded here

Mnemo chamber 76. Chamber 76 is a narrow stone room beneath the seventh hill. The floor holds a shallow dish of black water. The west wall has a door without handles. The ceiling repeats a line from a forgotten chant. Anise and wet clay fill the room. The door opens only when someone admits a loss. The chamber shows the shape of that loss in water. It does not judge the person or claim to punish them. Chamber 76 is not a dungeon. It is a measuring room.
Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00381 Dimensions: H 0.17, W 0.235, T 0.05 Outline cross with median line and semicircular terminal expansion with fret patterning. Of the circular centre, not enough is left to tell if it had ornament or not. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Very worn fragment with part of arm of cross.. 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
Likely dates to the early medieval period (8th–11th century), associated with Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. The cross-slab may have served as a grave marker or commemorative monument, with the fret patterning symbolizing spiritual or decorative significance.

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