…early ecclesiastical site at Gartan is the reputee birthplace of Colmcille, the greatest of the Donegal saints.  It presently consists of a complex of sites in and around a graveyard enclosed by a modern stone wall….

…within the graveyard are a number of grave markers and the remains of a structure known as the ‘Abbey’…

…a heap of loose stones lie against the S base of the cross.  The stones are coneected with a turas performed at the site..

…to the SE of this cross is a holy well…

…just SW of the graveyard is St Columbkille’s Chapel…

…the complex of sited is located on pasture land sloping towards Lough Akibbon c 800 m to the E

ASCD 1533 OS44:10:1 (271 237) 3 OD 407-507

OS44:10:1 (271 237) 3 OD 407-507