Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00542 Dimensions: Unknown. Fragment with three lines. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Lost by 1905.. 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

Dated to the early Christian period (5th–9th century AD), this cross-slab likely served a funerary or commemorative function. Clonmacnoise was a major monastic site, and such stones often marked high-status burials or religious figures.