Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00045 Dimensions: Unknown. Outline cross inside a two line frame. The inner line of the frame is made up by the line of the cross. Inscription: In the upper cantons 'THUTGUS' Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822, lost before 1872. Condition: Now lost. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p VI, no. 16. 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 dates to the early medieval period (5th–10th century). The cross-slab likely had a Christian funerary or commemorative function, common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise.