Ecclesiastical enclosure in Kilbrittain — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Kilbrittain church and graveyard sit inside a forgotten circular fence, visible only as a shadow in an aerial photograph and a dotted Glebe line on an 1842 map. The earth has swallowed the boundary, yet the shape still turns around the dead and the praying room like a quiet guard. What is absent on the surface may be more honest than what remains behind.

Large subcircular enclosure surrounding the church (CO123-022003-) and graveyard (CO123-022002-), visible as shadow site in an aerial photograph by Dr. D.D.C. Pochin Mould (unpublished 1989). Dotted line indicating circular 'Glebe' on OS 6-inch map (1842) roughly follows line of enclosure visible in aerial photograph. No visible surface trace. (GSAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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