Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00463 Dimensions: H 0.375, W 0.24, T 0.20 Double outline cross with wedge shaped arms. Only part of the centre and upper and right arms of the cross survive. Possibly a ring cross. Now located in Temple Ri, Clonmacnoise. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: A larger boulder, fragment of a design.. 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

A 7th- to 10th-century Christian cross-slab, likely used as a grave marker or memorial in the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise. The double outline cross with wedge-shaped arms is characteristic of early Irish high crosses, often associated with religious devotion and ecclesiastical significance.