Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00243 Dimensions: H 0.19, W 0.215, T 0.03 Double outline ring cross. Inscription: Around the upper cross arm 'ORD[O'. Evidence of discovery: OPW 1954-58. Condition: Worn fragment with part of left cross arm and ring. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-251, 382, 874. 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

Dateable to the early Christian period, likely 8th to 10th century AD, the cross-slabs of Clonmacnoise were often used as grave markers or high crosses associated with monastic sites. The inscription and cross design suggest a Christian devotional or commemorative function, common in the ecclesiastical landscape of medieval Ireland.