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St Donard (d 507) founded a monastery here. The church (13C) seems to be in a circular enclosure. There is a Cross Slab and Round Tower. St Donard had a cell on top of the local mountain named after him OS 29 372 342 marked see: Irish Monasticism, Cross Slabs and High Crosses, Round Towers, Sacred Mountains |