The modern graveyard sits at a distinctive bend in the road, which may follow the curve of an ancient enclosure that once marked this sacred space. Within the graveyard walls stand the remains of an old church that served the local community for nearly 200 years; records from 1622 note it was “well and sufficiently repaired,” and it continued welcoming worshippers until a new church was built in 1820.

The site’s most remarkable feature is St. Mura’s cross-slab, located southeast of the ruined church. This carved stone monument commemorates the site’s founding saint, whose influence extends beyond the graveyard walls to a holy well dedicated to him about 350 metres northwest, close to the lough’s shore. The graveyard entrance itself holds archaeological treasures; on the south side of the gateway, a small slab measuring 41cm by 32cm displays a carved wheeled cross, remarkably similar to another stone found near Clonca. On the opposite side, builders incorporated a larger stone, 66cm by 50cm, into the wall, distinguished by a carefully bored hole 14.5cm in diameter running through it.

These carved stones and structural remains paint a picture of Fahan as a significant religious centre in medieval Donegal, where generations of faithful gathered for worship and where skilled craftsmen left their mark in stone. The combination of the church ruins, the cross-slabs, and the nearby holy well creates a landscape of devotion that has endured through centuries of change, from its early Christian origins through its Protestant parish church phase and into its current role as a historical site preserving Ireland’s ecclesiastical heritage.