Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00635 Dimensions: H 0.53, W 0.41, T 0.011 Outline cross (?) with pointed base formed of an interlace knot. There is an additional line on either side of the stem which ends in a spiral. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'MOE[N'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Condition: Stem(?) and part of inscription survive. National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81- Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XXXVI, no. 92. 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 early medieval period, possibly 8th to 10th century AD, given the interlace knot style typical of Insular Christian art. The cross may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, reflecting the influence of monastic Clonmacnoise in the region.