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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00442 Dimensions: H 0.27, W 0.16, T 0.058 Fragment with part of a semicircular terminal expansion probably from an outline cross with median line. The terminal is blank. No inscription. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment with part of a semicircular terminal.. 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
Early Christian period, likely 7th to 10th century. The fragment may have been part of a high cross slab associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise, used for commemorative or liturgical purposes.

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