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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

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Date likely to the early medieval period (7th–10th century AD), associated with Christian monastic activity in Clonmacnoise. The expansional cross may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, common in Irish high crosses and stone monuments of the period.

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What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00386 Dimensions: H 1ft 1ins, W 7.5ins, T 2ins Three line expansional cross with a semicircular terminal with an indistinguishable pattern. Inscription: Part of an inscription 'NCHAI' Evidence of discovery: Macalister 1949. Condition: Now lost.. 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
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