The most impressive feature in the Monasterboice monastic site, near the entrance to the graveyard, is the South Cross or Muireadach's Cross, one of the finest high crosses in Ireland, which takes its name from an inscription on the west side asking for "a prayer for Muireadach." Dated to the 10th C., it stands 16ft 9in/5.1m high and has reliefs on all four sides which are remarkable both for their form and their execution. A variety of scenes are represented in square panels on the shaft. On the east side are Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, David and Goliath (?), Moses stiking water from the rock (?), the Adoration of the Kings, Christ as Judge surrounded by good and bad souls, and Michael weighing souls; on the church-shaped summit of the cross is the meeting of saints Paul and Anthony in the desert. On the west side can be seen the Arrest of Christ (?), Doubting Thomas (?), Christ with saints Peter and Paul (?), the Crucifixion and an unidentified scene. On the north side are saints Paul and Anthony again, the Scourging, the Hand of God and interlace ornament and on the south side the Flight into Egypt, Pilate and more interlace ornament. On the base are hunting scenes, interlace ornament and meander patterns.