Sarcophagus (St. Tiarnach's grave)

This is a stone version of the ridge-roofed reliquary coffin in which the deads person's bones were placed. It was a solid block of stone that stood above the grave. The eastern head has a carved mitred head, and the western end has carved animal heads. It was constructed in the 8th or 9th century. Most often, the founder of monasteries was buried in the most important one, or possibly the monastery in which he died. As Clones was such, this is likely St. Tiarnach's grave.