Conwal : Grave or Cross Slab
Visit Notes
Friday, 30th July 2010
This is a really interesting place and it's only a few miles outside Letterkenny. The church is very ruined, but in the graveyard there is a large flat-topped stone platform with a lot of grave and cross slabs either lying on the surface or standing up on it.
There are large ones that would have stood over 1m high and some smaller ones just 50cm or tall. My favourite has to be the one with the outline of a person on it. There is also a lovely broken cross pillar similar to those found at Glencolmcille.
A sign by the platform says that the site dates to the 7th Century and was founded by St. Fiachrius and that there's a holy well nearby (which we didn't see). One of the slabs is reputed to be the grave marker of Godfrey O'Donnell who died in 1256.
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