Visit to Moone Cross (September-2009)
6A History of Art class went on a visit to Moone Cross last week.
The cross itself, stands 17 1/2 feet high (this includes the base). It is reputed to date from the eighth century. Irish high crosses were not intended to mark out places of burial, but were constructed to act as embellishments or boundaries for monasteries, or indeed for didactic purposes of religious instruction. This is conclusive as the iconography of the cross pertains to that of the popular form of prayer at that time, with references to both the old and new testaments. The cross is an impressive monument and one of the best preserved of its kind in Ireland.
