What is recorded here

An unidentified church once occupied Gort an Bhráthar near Brandon Bay, but only a broken doorway head and two lost stones remain to mark the loss. The sandstone fragment survives in a field fence while the main building has vanished entirely. Human life may have gathered there for decades before forgetting removed it from memory, leaving behind a border marker instead of a worship space.

An Seabhac (1939, 222) noted the ruins of a possible church KE026-022001- in Gort an Bhráthar, a field on the NW side of a low hillock c. 200m from the W shore of Brandon Bay. The discovery of section of the head of a round-headed doorway, now in the field fence bounding the SW side of the adjacent field to W, confirms the existence of a church-site in this general area but its precise location has not been identified. The section of the chamfered head of a round-headed doorway is carved from sandstone and exhibits punch dressing. Two other dressed stones were unearthed with this (CKFC) but are now missing. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 990. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

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