What is recorded here
A cross shaft (H 1.75m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.34m) is beside the N cross (LH021-062009-). (Harbison 1992, 152-3; No 178)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 20 July 2012
The high cross at Monasterboice was likely built by a monastic community in the 9th or 10th century; it is carved in the Insular style and is one of several significant early Christian monuments in the site, reflecting the area's importance in medieval Irish Christianity.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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