What is recorded here

This feature, listed as a 'dolmen' (Borlase 1897) and a 'prehistoric chamber tomb' (Killanin and Duignan 1962; 1967), is described in OS records as an altar where Mass was said until 1799, when a chapel was built nearby. OS Memoirs, Kilteevoge parish [c. 1835-6], 7; Borlase 1897, 236, Raphoe South no. 1; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 81; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 92. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Linked to early Christian worship, the site was used as an altar for Mass until 1799, after which a chapel was built nearby, suggesting continuity between prehistoric and Christian sacred spaces. No specific saint or cure is associated with the well or site in recorded folklore.

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