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Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Cross-slab

Why this matters

Date likely to the 9th to 11th century AD, associated with early Christian Ireland. The expansional cross may have had a liturgical or commemorative function, common in monastic sites like Clonmacnoise, and reflects Insular Christian artistic traditions.

What is recorded here

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00413 Dimensions: Unknown. Arm of an expansional cross. The lower part of a seven line cross with expanding looped terminals which are more than semicircular. Inscription: 'ORIACAN M(?) CORIP'. Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Condition: Lost after 1822. Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LXXII, no. 171. 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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