Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00173 Dimensions: H 0.145, W 0.85, T 0.04 Double outline ring cross. The ring appears to join the arms. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Part of arm and ring of cross. Cement damaged.. 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

A 9th- to 10th-century Christian cross-slab, likely associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise; its ringed cross may symbolize early Irish Christian identity or serve as a funerary marker.