What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise still holds a small cross-slab, no taller than thirty centimetres, its double outline so worn the claim becomes a guess. The three-line border and fret pattern remain sharp enough to suggest a frame built for a named dead person, but no inscription has survived. It may have marked a child, a monk or an outsider whose name the stones swallowed. The local archive preserves the fragment, not the story it once told.

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00643 Dimensions: H 0.30, W 0.17, T 0.06 Three line border with fret pattern. Possible double outline cross, very worn and too damaged to be sure. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58. Condition: Fragment of a frame. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-852. 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 early medieval, likely 8th to 10th century, associated with Christian monastic activity at Clonmacnoise. The cross may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, though its precise meaning or dedication is unclear due to damage.

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