Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00518 Dimensions: H 0.175, W 0.145, T 0.04 Part of a cross with a ring or circular frame. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment.. 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

Likely dating to the early Christian period (6th–10th century), the cross-slab may have been part of a high cross or funerary monument associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise. Such crosses often carried Christian symbolism, though specific meaning or folklore related to this fragment is not recorded.