Monastic site
Moone High Cross
Athy, County Kildare
Seventeen feet of granite high cross under a roofed shelter at Moone, carved with fifty one scriptural panels.
The Moone Cross, in County Kildare, is a 8th century cross and is one of the tallest and best preserved and High Crosses in Ireland.
- Where
- Athy, County Kildare
- Address
- Simonstown West
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Barrow WayThe towpath follows the Barrow south from Lowtown, through Athy and on into Carlow.
AthyWhere the Barrow meets the Grand Canal. White's Castle guards the bridge and the 1740s town hall stands on Emily Square.
Castledermot Round TowerThe round tower here is built onto the church itself, and the graveyard around it holds two granite high crosses and a Romanesque doorway.
Castledermot Franciscan FriaryThe nave, the tower and the transept of this 13th century friary are all still standing, on the edge of the village.
Baltinglass AbbeyThe Cistercian abbey ruin sits beside the church in Baltinglass, with the original nave arcade still up.On nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
Sunday 27th September
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