What is recorded here

Leac Chonaill holds a natural rock outcrop that mimics a standing stone, marked near its base by a small cross with T-bars but indistinct arms. Nearby, a carved basin sits on an erratic boulder, while a filled well once fed the good land to the west. The cluster suggests a place where water, rock and faith met, perhaps used for prayer or marking a boundary before the well disappeared beneath soil and forgetting.

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 (DG073-037001-) 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 medieval period, the cross-inscribed stone may have had a Christian ritual or commemorative function. Such stones are often associated with early monastic or settlement sites, and may also have later folkloric associations with protection or territorial markers.

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