What is recorded here

Mnoo, Clonmacnoise, County Offaly. Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 123, Fig 17, no. 7. Caimin O'Brien compiled the entry on 23 May 2011. The cross-slab belongs to the early Irish grave-slab tradition, where stone marked death before churches and roads took the land. Whether it stood in a field, leaned against a wall or lay buried under grass, the cross still points upward. That much is written in the shape itself.

See Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 123, Fig 17, no. 7. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Probably dates to the early Christian period (6th–10th century AD) and may have functioned as a grave marker or memorial, reflecting the monastic and religious significance of the Clonmacnoise area. The cross-slab likely carried Christian iconography, associated with early Irish monastic sites and the spread of Christianity in Ireland.

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