What is recorded here

Fractured and almost lost, the slab carries a cross whose loops appear in the middle of the terminals instead of at the angles. That small oddity makes the worn stone feel less like a failed carving and more like a language half forgotten. The name O]ROIT still breaks through the damage, pointing to a person buried beneath Clonmacnoise rather than an anonymous fragment.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00412 Dimensions: H 0.79, W 0.63, T 0.09 Triple outline cross with median line and terminal with fret pattern. The whole slab is fractured and almost indecipherable. It has peculiar loops, not on the angles, but in the middle of the terminals. Inscription: 'O]ROIT' Evidence of discovery: J. Graves in 1869. Condition: Very worn fragment with left arm/part of centre. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81- Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LXXII, no. 173. 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

Probably dates to the early medieval period (5th–10th century). Likely used as a grave marker or commemorative monument, reflecting Christian symbolism in a historically significant monastic region.

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