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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00538 Dimensions: H 0.105, W 0.29, T 0.05 Two lines with a single line step. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Worn 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
Date likely to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), given the cross-slab form typical of monastic or ecclesiastical sites like Clonmacnoise. Such slabs may have marked graves or served as ritual markers, though specific meaning or folklore associated with this fragment is not recorded.

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