Leacht in High Island

This small almost square leacht (1.14m x 1.06m; H 0.55m) is built against a possible mural chamber in the wall of the ecclesiastical enclosure (GA021-026022-) on High Island. It is built of small horizontal stones and some white quartz stones lie on its surface (White Marshall and Rourke 2000, 47, 49-50). (Scally 2014, 41, Fig. 4.2) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 December 2015

Leacht in High Island is associated with early Christian activity on the site, likely linked to a monastic settlement. No specific saint or cure is recorded, though such leachts were often connected to local saints or used in ritual practices.