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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00350
Dimensions: H 0.543, W 0.429, T 0.10
An outline expansional cross with median line. The looped lateral terminals contain fret pattern while there is interlace in the upper arm terminal. The central expansion has an unusual spiral fret pattern.
Inscription: Vertical inscription 'OR DO [MAEL] BRIGTE'.
Evidence of discovery: Rubbing by Graves in 1869.
Condition: Badly weathered; detached fragment not with slab.
National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-210, 917
Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LVIII, no. 141
Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 134, Fig 25, no. 16. 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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