Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00565 Dimensions: H 0.23, W 0.13, T 0.06 Cross inside a single line angular frame with part of an inscription below. There are loops to the frame. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'RN'. Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1898-1905. Condition: Fragment of frame, cross and inscription.. 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 at Clonmacnoise. The cross and inscription suggest a funerary or commemorative function, common in monastic cemeteries.