Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00663 Dimensions: H 0.32, W 0.265, T 0.06 Possibly part of a cross with a looped terminal or a zoomorphic design as on CLN00334 and CLN00335. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'GORM'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1872. Condition: Fragment with part of inscription and cross design. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81- Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XXX, no. 78. 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 9th–10th century AD, associated with early Christian monastic activity at Clonmacnoise. The design may represent a stylized cross or symbolic zoomorphic motif, common in insular art for spiritual or protective purposes.