 Later insular carvings found throughout Britain and Ireland were almost entirely geometrical, as was the decoration on the earliest crosses.By the 9th century figures are carved, and the largest crosses have very many figures in scenes on all surfaces, often from the Old Testament on the east side, and the New on the west, with a Crucifixion at the centre of the cross.The 10th-century Muiredach's High Cross at Monasterboice is usually regarded as the peak of the Irish crosses.