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Clonmacnoise grave-slab inventory (1992) number: CLN00363
Dimensions: H 0.805, W 0.595, T 0.066
Double outline expansional cross with interlace design down the centre of the stem linking the terminals and centre. It is very difficult to decipher the design in the termianls.
Inscription: The surviving inscription 'O]BR[UN]LLACHAIN'
Evidence of discovery: Petrie 1822.
Condition: Only the lower half of this very worn slab survives.
National Monuments Service, Photo number: 81-150, 910
Stokes, M. (1878) Christian Inscriptions in the Irish language, Vol 1, p LV, no. 136
Lionard, Early Irish Grave-slabs, PRIA 60(1959-60), p 134, Fig 25, no. 14. 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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