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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00289
Dimensions: H 0.505, W 0.375, T 0.042
Outline expansional cross with median line. The circular central expansion and looped semicircular terminals are blank.
Inscription: Vertical inscription 'ORDO MAEL BRIGTE'.
Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822. Lost before 1872. Refound 1954-58.
Condition: Badly flaked especially upper left corner.
National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-235
Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p XXXI, no. 81. 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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