The site centres around the ruins of Kilrean church, a modest structure measuring 16 metres by 6.2 metres, now reduced to rubble walls standing just over a metre high. Among the scattered architectural fragments, you’ll find dressed sandstone blocks, including the sill of a single-light window and sections of medieval moulding. The diagonally-tooled sandstone blocks in the south wall, along with the graveyard gateposts, suggest 12th-century origins, offering a glimpse into the site’s Norman past.

The graveyard’s most striking features are its collection of carved cross-slabs, particularly one standing south of the church’s southwest corner. This impressive slab, standing 1.57 metres tall, displays an elaborate ringed Latin cross on its western face, complete with concentric circles at its centre and intricate geometric patterns of interlocking triangles arranged in a swastika-like design at the top and base. Five mysterious notches mark the eastern face, their purpose lost to time. Two additional slabs within the enclosure bear simpler crosses, though one near the western wall may be a more recent addition.

Beyond the graveyard walls, the landscape reveals further intriguing features: a V-shaped stone structure, possibly an ancient shelter or animal pen, sits in a field to the southwest, whilst a holy well can be found to the southeast. Just east of the enclosure, an erratic boulder bears a carefully carved rock basin, 36 centimetres across and 14 centimetres deep, likely used for ritual purposes. These scattered elements, from the church ruins to the carved stones and sacred water sources, paint a picture of a site that served as a focal point for spiritual life in medieval Donegal, where Christianity merged with older traditions in this remote corner of Ireland.