Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00414 Dimensions: Unknown. Seven line equilateral cross with expanding circular centre and looped semicircular termianls. The damage centre and terminals possibly have fret (?). No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Rubbing made by J. Graves in 1869, drawn by Boxwell. Condition: Lost after 1869. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LXXII, no. 174. 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 as a high-status Christian grave marker, reflecting the monastic heritage of Clonmacnoise. Its elaborate design may also incorporate earlier symbolic motifs, possibly with pre-Christian associations.