Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00502- Dimensions: H 0.15, W 0.16, T 0.04 A fragment with either the centre of an outline cross or the stepped terminal. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: A fragment, very worn.. 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 5th- to 7th-century AD Christian cross-slab fragment, likely associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise; its cross may represent early Christian symbolism or funerary markers.