St Colmcille’s Abbey

St Colmcille's Abbey
St Colmcille’s Abbey, Gartan, Co Donegal, Ireland

St Colmcille's Abbey
The site is reputed to be the birthplace of St Colmcille

St Colmcille's Abbey

Ancient cross
The remains of an ancient cross on a small mound

ancient cross

ancient cross
The remains of the other cross

Holy Well
The Holy Well at the entrance to the site

Holy Well

The flagstone of loneliness

The flagstone of loneliness
Leac na Cumha –  The flagstone of loneliness, Co Donegal, Ireland. St Colmcille is said to have slept on this ancient cup-marked stone before his exile to Iona.

Ancient megalithic tomb
Ancient megalithic site…

St. Colmcille's Birthplace
rebranded as St. Colmcille’s Birthplace by a large cross and stone plaque

Old Conwal Graveyard

Old Conwal Graveyard pillars
Old Conwal Graveyard, Co Donegal, Ireland

Conwal decorated pillar

Decorated pillar

Crude figure

Crude figure on stone

Celtic cross carved grave slab

Celtic cross and knot work on grave slab

Crude carved cross slab

Cross on large grave slab

Clonca High Cross

Clonca High Cross
The 4 meter High Cross, Culdaff, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland

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The ruins are of a 17 century church with a lintel from the earlier 12 century church

Clonca High Cross
Clonca (Cloncha) High Cross

Clonca High Cross

Turas of St Colmcille

Colmcille Cross Pillar
Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland – Turas station 2

Colmcille Cross Pillar
East face of the Cross pillar at Glencolmcille – Turas station 2

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West face of the Cross pillar at Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, Ireland – Turas station 2

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Colmcille Turas Station 9

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Cloch an Aonaigh or the Stone of the Gathering is a holed cross-pillar on a cairn in Glencolmcille – Turas Station 9

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Colmcille Cross Pillar – Turas Station 13

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Colmcille Cross Pillar – the decorated east side

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Cloghanmore Court Tomb

The east entrance to the court at Cloghanmore

Cloghanmore court Tomb

Cloghanmore Court Tomb, Co Donegal, Ireland

Cloghanmore court Tomb

The wall of the court at Cloghanmore

Cloghanmore court Tomb

The capstone over the southern gallery

Cloghanmore court Tomb

Detail of the left (south) gallery with a lintel and capstone

Cloghanmore court Tomb

Donagh High Cross

aka Carndonagh High Cross aka St. Patrick’s High Cross

Donagh High Cross

Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co Donegal, Ireland

Carndonagh High Cross

The back of the Donagh High Cross

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The carved pillar on the left side of the cross

Carndonagh carved stone 2

The back of the carved pillar on the right side of the cross

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The carved pillar on the right side of the cross
The Marigold Stone, in the graveyard beside the cross

Marigold Stone, Carndonagh

West face of the Marigold Stone

Marigold Stone, Carndonagh

East face of the Marigold Stone

Beltany Stone Circle

Beltany Stone Circle 1

Beltany Stone Circle, Raphoe, Co Donegal, Ireland

Beltany Stone Circle

The standing stone southeast of Beltany Stone Circle

Beltany Stone Circle 2

The name Beltany is thought to derive from Beltaine the Celtic festival of fertility

Beltany Stone Circle 3

Beltany Stone Circle

Kilclooney More Dolmen

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Dolmen (Portal Tomb), Co Donegal, Ireland

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Dolmen built more than 4000 years ago

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Beside Kilclooney More dolmen are the remains of a smaller tomb

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb colour photograph and Infrared photograph from same perspective

Kilclooney More Portal Tomb