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Further information On the Celtic Cross.

A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines the cross with a ring surrounding the intersection.

It is the characteristic symbol of Celtic Christianity, though the symbol has older, pre-Christian origins. Such crosses formed a major part of Celtic art. This design is also referred to as the Irish Cross, or as the Cross of Iona

In Celtic regions of Ireland and Great Britain many free-standing upright crosses – or high crosses – were erected, beginning at least as early as the 7th Century. Some of these 'Celtic' crosses bear inscriptions in runes. There are surviving free-standing crosses in Cornwall  and Wales, in the island of Iona and in the Hebrides, as well as the many in Ireland. Other stone crosses are found in Cumbrain  and the Scottish Borders, however some of these are of the similar Anglo-Saxon cross making tradition. The most famous standing crosses are the Cross of Kell, County Meath, Ireland, Ardboe Auld Cross Ardboes,  County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the crosses at Monasterboicet, County Louth, Ireland, and the Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise , Ireland