There are two intact granite Celtic High Crosses in Castledermot in County Kildare, called the North Cross and the South Cross.

The North Cross is about 2.13 meters high. The base has a spiral decoration and each face and side of the cross has geometrical decoration and inconographic detail.

North Side | Base

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North Cross

[QTVR photographs by Gary Geisler and Karin Breiwitz, March, 1998. Drag the mouse over the cross photograph (or use the right and left cursor keys) to view it from all sides. (QuickTime 3 plug-in required.)]

West Face

East Face

Illustration source: Harbison, Peter. Irish high crosses : with the figure sculptures explained. Illustrations by Hilary Gilmore. Drogheda : Boyne Valley Honey Company ; [Syracuse : Distributed by Syracuse University Press], 1994.
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Photographs by Dorothy Verkerk, March, 1998