Cross-slab in Clonmacnoise

Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00444 Dimensions: H 0.40, W 0.23, T 0.12 Double outline cross with circular terminal expansion inside a three line frame with fret pattern. Inscription: 'BRESSAL'. Evidence of discovery: Davis 1984. Condition: Fragment with part only of terminal and frame.. 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

9th- to 10th-century AD; the cross-slab likely commemorates an individual named Bressal, associated with the monastic settlement of Clonmacnoise, and reflects early Christian artistic and memorial traditions in Ireland.