Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00641 Dimensions: H 0.155, W 0.16, T 0.075 Damaged fragment of a fret border. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment of a border.. 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 medieval period, this fragment of a fret border may have originally adorned a Christian grave slab or cross-slab, common in monastic sites such as Clonmacnoise. Fretwork was often used decoratively in Insular art, though its specific symbolic meaning in this context remains unclear.