Ecclesiastical enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

Probable early medieval ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 160m) of the church of 'Kaiterbristelan' [Caher Breslayn] depicted as the boundary of Glebe land on 1st ed. OSi 6-inch map. This enclosure may have been the 'Caher' element of the church name listed in the 1302 papal taxation of the Diocese of Ardfert (Cal. doc. Ire.; King 1986). Enclosure described by O'Hare (2000) as follows; 'The outline of a large, roughly circular enclosure (diam. approx. 155m), comprising Glebe land, is clearly depicted on OSi first edition, lying immediately to the south of Brosna village.'

See attached plan of enclosure, surveyed and drawn by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey and Google Earth orthoimage taken 29/03/2019.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.

Date of upload: 15 April 2022

References

King, J. 1986 County Kerry Past & Present. First published 1931. Mercier reprint, Cork.

Cal. doc. Ire. - Calendar of documents relating to Ireland 1171-1307, ed. H.S. Sweetman (5 vols., London, 1875-86).

O'Hare, P. 2000 Holy wells and other sites of pilgrimage within a portion of East Kerry. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 29, 55-98.