Bealin High Cross

Bealin High Cross
Native name
Irish: Ardchros Bhéal Linne
Location of Bealin High Cross in Ireland
Type High cross
Location Twyford Demesne,
County Westmeath, Ireland
Coordinates 53°26′07″N 7°50′42″W / 53.435149°N 7.844919°W / 53.435149; -7.844919Coordinates: 53°26′07″N 7°50′42″W / 53.435149°N 7.844919°W / 53.435149; -7.844919
Height 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Built c. AD 800
Official name: Bealin Cross
Reference no. 223

Bealin High Cross is a high cross and National Monument located in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Location

Bealin High Cross is located about 6.2 km (3.9 mi) east of Athlone.

Description

The cross is believed to have been moved, perhaps from Clonmacnoise.[1] On the east face was a lion and a scroll of interlaced creatures with birdlike heads running up the shaft, and a Celtic knot pattern at the centre of the head. The North face shows a hunting scene with a horseman with spear and a dog biting a deer's leg.

There is an inscription at the bottom of the west face dating the cross to around AD 800: the inscription reads OROIT AR TUATHGALL LAS DERNATH IN CHROSSA ("A Prayer for Tuathgal who caused this cross to be made"), referring to the Abbot of Clonmacnoise who died in 811.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Halpin; Conor Newman (2006). Ireland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide to Sites from Earliest Times to AD 1600. Oxford University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-19-280671-0.
  2. ↑ http://www.megalithicireland.com/High%20Cross%20Bealin.htm
  3. ↑ McLaughlin, Barney. "Bealin - Irish High Crosses - Barney McLaughlin".
  4. ↑ Heraghty, Michael (19 December 2006). "Baylin (Bealin) High Cross - Westmeath -".
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