Christian Sites

Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as ‘St. Conall Caol’s Holy Well and Leabaidh or “Bed” (DG098-002002-) is at Roilig, near Bruckless, about two minutes’ walk from the new chapel of Bruckless. The turns or pilgrimage is made often from 22nd May to 30th J Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

Below HWM at N end of Roundstone Bay. Associated locally with St Columcille, it consists of a fine, smooth, deep, round pothole (D 0.3m), with the remains of a small cairn on the rock outcrop beside it to E (info. T. Robinson). Not visited. The above de Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View […]

In a wooded area, at the base of a rock outcrop, to the SE of Loo Bridge. Spring water emerges from a fissure in the rock and forms a small irregularly shaped pool, which is the holy well. A small stream flows from the well to the NW along a stony path w Monument Type: […]

A cairn (DG047-002002-) of earth and stones 1m high surrounded by an earth and stone bank with an overall diameter of 15m. Slightly W of the highest point of the cairn is a stone slab-lined grave (DG047-002003-), 1.5m N-S and 0.85m E-W. It is tilting inw Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

An overgrown well sited 40m N of a former ‘altar’ (DG052-033—-) used as a penitential station. It is situated at the foot of the N slope of Crockatee in marshy land. The above description was derived from the ‘Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Below HWM on rocky foreshore close to the mouth of a small inlet called Béal an Chalaidh. Known locally as Tobar Cholmcille, it consists of a small natural pothole on seaweed-covered rock. According to Mac Giollarnáth (1941), it used to have a stone li Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment […]

On W side of Cuan na hAirde just below HWM on a rocky shore c. 100m N of a small quay. It consists of a small natural pothole associated with St Columcille. Not visited. (Robinson 1985, 38) The above description is derived from the published ‘Archaeolog Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on […]

This holy well is a stone-lined trough, rectangular in plan and measuring 1.25m by .5m and 0.75m deep. Behind it is a rough heap of stones at one end of which is a rough stone “altar”. Sited on sloping ground just above marshy land close to a stream Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well […]

Hugh MacBrick’s Church (DG090-004001-): Situated at the edge of a narrow ridge of Slieve League. Some 3m SW of the church are the collapsed remains of a beehive structure (DG090-004002-), partly built into the slope of the mountain; the entrance is on th Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

Toberenny of the OS 6-inch maps consists of the point where an underground stream reaches the surface. Nearby is a modern altar and turas station. Could this well be the same holy well dedicated to St. Columcille [no. 82] recorded by Ó Muirgheasa in 19 Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic […]

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer

The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for resear Monument Type: Ritual site – holy well View on Historic Environment Viewer