Early Christian and Medieval Ireland, a selection of Christian sites – High Crosses, Carved Stones, Round Towers, Ancient Abbeys, Friaries and Churches. Also Castles
Tullyhogue Fort, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Tullyhogue Fort is the ancient ceremonial site where chieftains of the O’Neill dynasty of Tyrone were inaugurated as Kings on Leac na Rí (the Stone of Kings)
Leac na Rí – the Stone of Kings stood in the center of this circular enclosure before it was destroyed by English forces in the early 1600s
Killadeas – The Bishop’s Stone
Killadeas – Standing Stone
Killadeas – Cross anb Cupmarked Slab
Killadeas – Holed Stone
Inishmacsaint High Cross – unknown date, possibly 12th century
Small window in the ruined church beside the cross
A monastery was founded by St Ninnid in the 6th century here
Inishmacsaint Island, Lower Lough Erne, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
The track leading to Moneygashel stone fort
Moneygashel Cashel, Co Cavan, Ireland
The entrance to the cashel
Inside the cashel with a view to the south
The building attached to the wall of Moneygashel Stone Fort
Fahan Cross Slab aka St. Mura’s Cross, Co Donegal, Ireland
The small cross slab embedded into the wall of the graveyard at Fanhan
Glencolmcille Turas Station 9, Co Donegal, Ireland. The decorated northern face of the holed cross pillar
The stone is also known as Cloch an Aonaigh or the Stone of the Gathering
Glencolmcille Turas Station 2, Co Donegal, Ireland
The pillar is inscribed on both sides – this is the east face
The ruins of Donegal Franciscan Abbey on the River Eske, Co Donegal, Ireland
Kilcar old church and graveyard, Co Donegal, Ireland
The bullaun stone that sits in the ruin of Kilcar old church
Two of the numerous grave slabs that lie in the graveyard
The Cairn and Holy Well in a field next to Kilcar old church
The holy well flows into a bullaun stone or rock-basin
St Kieran’s Holy Well, Kilcar, Co Donegal, Ireland
