Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00645 Dimensions: H 0.165, W 0.17, T 0.075 Outline frame with fret pattern. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment of the frame.. 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), based on the outline frame and fret pattern typical of Irish high crosses. Such slabs may have had a funerary or commemorative function, though specific meaning or folklore associated with this fragment is not recorded.