While the original structure has completely disappeared, leaving no visible traces above ground, early Ordnance Survey mappers in the 19th century recognised its significance enough to mark it on their detailed 6-inch maps. The church’s exact history remains elusive, though its designation on these early surveys suggests it held local importance well into the modern period.

What makes this site particularly intriguing for archaeologists is the unusual topography beneath the graveyard’s southern section. Here, the ground rises in a roughly circular mound, approximately 50 metres in diameter and reaching just over 3 metres at its highest point. This raised area extends partially beyond the western boundary wall of the current cemetery, hinting at an earlier, perhaps prehistoric earthwork that may have attracted the original church builders to this spot. Such reuse of ancient ritual sites for Christian worship was common practice throughout Ireland.

The location itself sits on the floor of an east-west valley, surrounded by the kind of modest pastureland typical of rural Donegal. This sheltered position would have offered protection from Atlantic weather whilst maintaining connections to nearby communities. The site was documented as part of the comprehensive Archaeological Survey of County Donegal in 1983, which catalogued field antiquities from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century, ensuring that even vanished monuments like this church remain part of the county’s recorded heritage.