Known locally as Garrai an Turas, or “the pilgrimage field”, this six-sided walled structure spans roughly 19.5 metres east to west and 16 metres north to south. The walls suggest it began as a rectangular enclosure before someone added a southern extension, creating its current irregular shape.

Step inside and you’ll find three substantial cairns, each topped with stone slabs that hint at the site’s religious significance. The first cairn forms a horseshoe shape, standing nearly 1.5 metres tall with a slab near its centre bearing two simple crosses carved into its northwestern face. The second cairn, similar in height, supports a slab decorated with geometric patterns; rectangular grooved divisions run along each edge of its northern face. The third and largest cairn reaches 4.9 metres across and holds an unmarked slab that, if you squint a bit, might resemble a cross in its overall shape.

These penitential cairns and their associated carved stones point to the site’s use as a station for religious pilgrimage, likely dating to the early Christian period when such devotional practices flourished in Ireland. The name itself confirms this purpose, and the careful arrangement of the cairns within the protective walls suggests this was once an important stop for pilgrims making their way through the Donegal countryside, perhaps as part of a larger turas or pilgrimage route through Glencolumbkille.