Archaeology

Items

Duke Street House, Douglas
A post-medieval house in Duke Street, Douglas.
Duke Street Linen Mill, Douglas
The site of a 19th century linen works and bleach field in Duke Street, Douglas.  A newspaper report in the first decade of the 19th century shows that there was a flax dressing shop in Duke Street in 1802.
Dukes Road Flint Site, Douglas
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints.
Dury Evans Mineral Water Factory, Douglas Road, Ramsey
The site of a mineral water factory in Douglas Road, Ramsey which was operating in 1886.
E Nay Yrassagh Burial Mound
The site of a Bronze Age barrow shown on an estate map made by Deemster Corris in 1795.  When recorded the barrow has almost been ploughed out but was still recognisable, measuring 20 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. There was no visible trace of a ditch and there were no surface finds, but it is probably a bowl barrow.
Eairy House
A post-medieval house in East Foxdale.
Eairy House
A post-medieval house in East Foxdale.
Eairy House
A post-medieval house in East Foxdale.
Eairy Mill Dam
A post-medieval millpond dam.
Eairy Mooar Keeill
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between AD500 and AD1000. Only the foundations of this keeill remain. This feature now resembles a scooped-out, partly grass covered cairn measuring 8.0 metres north to south, by 7.0 metres east to west.  It is stands on a hillside sloping down to the north. The height of the mound to the north is 1.5 metres and the maximum height to the south is 0.3 metres. In the centre is a scooped out rectangle orientated east to west which measures 4.0 metres by 2.3 metres. There are slight indications of an entrance in the western side. No trace of a burial ground enclosure has been found here.
Eairy Mooar Shieling Mounds
A group of four shieling mounds recorded by Gelling.
Eairy ny Suie Cup-marked Stone
A possible cup-marked stone, which is a large boulder measuring 1.5 metres long by 0.75 metres wide and 0.45 metres thick, situated at the foot of the fence to the eastern side of the road to the farmhouse at Eairy ny Suie.  Dr L.S. Garrad believed that the stone might have been formerly used as a gatepost, or at a horse walk, which might explain the hollows in its face.
Eairy Saw Mill
A post-medieval saw mill.
Eary Beg Corn Mill
The site of a post-medieval corn mill.
Eary Cushlin Corn Mill
A post-medieval corn mill was located in the vicinity of Eary Cushlin.
Eary Cushlin Flint Scatter
A single blade flake of Mesolithic or Neolithic date was found by R. Parsons, within 100 metres of Eary Cushlin farmhouse.
Eary Cushlin Shieling Mound
The name of the farm Eary Cushlin is thought to possibly preserve the memory of a shieling site. Kermode produced an annotated1:10560 map which places the name on the headland to the west, at SC 217756.
Eary Glass Horsewalk
The remains of a two horse machine were recorded in the 1980s when the machinery was still present but the building in a ruinous condition.
Eary Gorman Shieling Mound
The site of a medieval shieling mound.
Eary Mooar
Prehistoric flint scatter. A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Eary Mooar by CH Cowley. No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead for indicative purposes only. The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
Eary ny Suie Horsewalk
The site of a 19th century horse engine at Eary ny Suie farm.
Eary Vane Horsewalk
The site of a 19th century horse engine at Eary Vane farm.
Eary Veg, West Baldwin Shieling Mound
Placename evidence for the existence of shielings in the area.
Earybedn, Earykellue Shieling Mound
A shieling mound. Also the findspot of a fragment of large round-based urn found in a ruined cottage on Earybedn.
Earyglass Gorse Mill
The site of a post-medieval gorse mill.