Though a modern road now divides the monuments, they clearly formed part of a single religious complex that would have been a centre of prayer and pilgrimage for centuries. The site’s collection of crosses, burial grounds and sacred stones offers a fascinating glimpse into medieval Irish Christianity.

On the western side of the road lies a rectangular burial ground enclosure, with two jamb stones near the southwest corner marking what was likely an entrance; these stones stand 1.5 metres apart and sit perpendicular to the wall line. Just north of this wall, a flat-topped boulder bears the remains of a socket that probably once held a high cross, whilst inside the enclosure you’ll find a partially buried cross-slab and a tall plain cross. The eastern side of the road features another cross, surrounded by a small cairn of stones that may have served as a penitential station where pilgrims would pray. About 18 metres south stands an earth-fast boulder carved with a cross, and though a holy well once blessed the northeast boundary, it has since been closed up.

In 2012, the Bernician Studies Group conducted a magnetometer survey that revealed something remarkable beneath the surrounding fields: the subsurface remains of a bi-vallate early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure, essentially a double-walled boundary that would have defined the sacred space of the monastery. The cross base at Carrowmore shares striking similarities with one found at Kilriffet in North Tipperary, suggesting these sites were part of a broader network of religious communities that shared architectural and artistic traditions across medieval Ireland.