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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00450 Dimensions: H 0.17, W 0.17, T 0.03 Part of a very small terminal expansion. Inscription: The bottom of three letters 'FIN'. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment with part of a terminal and inscription.. 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 early Christian period (5th–9th century). The inscription "FIN" may be an initial or fragment of a name, possibly associated with a local figure or saint, common in early Irish Christian memorial practice.

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