Since I first saw a picture of this I have wanted to see it for myself and this was at a time when I had little interest in early Christian objects. The slim, delicate, expanding pillar of stone is beautifully carved with lovely cross in a circle with exquisite spirals above and below. Below an inscription reads FINTEN, from whom the site gets its name.
Down one side are traces of ogham (I could see just one possible letter).
The pillar stands 1.2m tall to the east of the remains of a small rectangular building, presumably an oratory, which in turn appears to stand within an square area denoted by a low embankment.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Glencolmcille - station 13 (Co. Donegal) |  Broughanlea (Co. Antrim) |  Fahan (Co. Donegal) |
 Mothel (Co. Waterford) |  Tullaghore (Co. Antrim) |  St. Gobnat's Stone (Co. Cork) |
