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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00074
Dimensions: H 0.55, W 0.47, T 0.03
An outline cross with rectangular terminals and central crosslet inside a single line frame. A short line jutting from the frame in the centre of each terminal points towards the centre.
Inscription:'ARLIA'.
Evidence of discovery: Drawn by W.H. Hennessey at Clonmacnoise in 1869.
Condition: Complete but very worn and flaked.
National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-8, 372, 759
Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XI, no. 27
Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 113, Fig 10, no. 4. 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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