Killamery High Cross, 9th-century high cross in Killamery, Ireland

Killamery High Cross is a high cross of stone in County Kilkenny that rises roughly 3.65 meters tall with carved decorations running along its shaft. The monument stands in the graveyard with multiple carved surfaces and bears an inscription at its base.

A monastery was founded at Killamery in AD 632 by St Gobhan, a disciple of Saint Fursey. The high cross belongs to the western Ossory group of crosses. Its base inscription reads OR DO MAELSECHNAILL, a prayer for Máel Sechnaill, high king of Ireland in 846–862.

The cross is known as the Snake-Dragon Cross: a boss at the centre of the wheel-head is ringed by interlacing snakes, with an open-mouthed dragon above it. The western face carries a sun swastika at its centre, alongside Adam and Eve, a stag hunt and a chariot procession. Noah and John the Baptist also appear.

The cross stands in the northern section of the Killamery graveyard and can be reached via the N76 road connecting Kilkenny and Clonmel. The location is rural, so it helps to plan your arrival and departure ahead of time.

The cross is also called the Snake-Dragon Cross after the open-mouthed dragon carved above the boss on its wheel-head, which is ringed by interlacing snakes. Two bullaun stones and an earlier cross-slab inscribed "Pray for the soul of Áedáin" lie nearby.