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A rectangular, rubble built church (c.13.20 m x c.5.50 m internally) with a later cross wall at the W end. The N and S walls and W gable stand to full height. The E gable has fallen and the window within it has obviously been rebuilt at some point.
The early history of the church is not known. It is described in 1662 as being in ruins, and in 1752 Pococke describes it as 'a mean thatched building'. The church continued in use until 1829. (Rowan 1979, 268).
The moulding on the E window is identical to the moulding used on the E window at nearby Inishkeel, suggesting a date of c.1220. Both churches may owe their transitional features to masons from the Assaroe atelier.
B. Lacey et al, Archaeological Survey of Co. Donegal, Lifford, 1983, 295.
R. Pococke, Pococke's Tour in Ireland in 1752, ed. G. Stokes, Dublin and London, 1891, 66.
A. Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland; North West Ulster, London, 1979, 268.
Royal Commission, Ussher Jas. Visitation book containing an account of the Temporalities and spiritualities of the bishop's, with the state of the churches etc. in Ulster in 1622. TCD MS 550 221.
