What is recorded here

Leac Chonaill holds a flat stone wide enough to sit on and a lost well beside good farmland. People may have prayed at the cross, dipped cloth in the water, or set food near the basin before leaving the field. The stone still leans out of the earth like a chair waiting for someone who remembers why it was made.

A natural rock outcrop 1.25m x 1.03m x .28m giving the appearance of a standing stone. A small cross (DG073-037003-) is carved on the SW face near the base. The top and base of the cross have T-bars but the arms are indistinct. A holy well (DG073-037002-) was located in a field of good land to the W but it is now filled in. Nearby, carved on an erratic boulder 2m x 1.33m x .6m is a rock-basin .25m in diameter and 0.15m deep. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th century AD), the cross-carved bullaun stone may have had a ritual or commemorative function, possibly associated with Christian worship or local tradition. Such stones often served as markers, altars, or foci for community gatherings.

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