Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00246 Dimensions: H 0.25, W 0.295, T 0.092 A double outline ring cross. The upper cross is unusual in that it has a very abstract representation of a sheelinagig which could be part of the central design into which it seems to intrude. A heavily moulded cross. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984 Condition: Only a fragment of a cross arm.. 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–11th century AD, consistent with other early Christian cross-slabs in Clonmacnoise. The abstract sheelinagig may symbolize themes of fertility, death, or the supernatural, common in medieval Irish religious art.