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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00521 Dimensions: H 0.24, W 0.13, T 0.055 Fragment of an outline circular frame or ring. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Largely blank fragment of a ring cross (?).. 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
Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. Likely part of a cross slab used in a funerary or liturgical context, though its exact meaning or symbolic use remains unclear due to its fragmentary state.

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