Archaeology

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Finch Hill House Flint Scatter
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter.
Find from Abbeylands
The findspot of a polished stone axehead of Ronaldsway type in the garden of Mr Neil Mathieson at Abbeylands.  It is now kept at the Manx Museum.
Find from Andreas Village
The findspot of an early Bronze Age flat copper axehead and a Late Bronze Age looped and socketed axehead. Both were found before 1897 near Andreas parish church. Both are now kept in the Manx Museum (Accession Nos. 1954-0792 and 1954-0801).
Find from Arragon Mooar
The findspot of two possible Bronze Age saddle-stones from Arragon and Arragon Mooar. One is a granite boulder with a hollow on one face which was donated to the Manx Museum by Canon Savage (Accession No. 1954-0872). The second is another granite boulder with a hollow in one face which was donated to the museum by Mr Clague (Accession No. 1954-0927).
Find from Arragon Veg
The findspot of a Bronze Age artefact.
Find from Arragon Veg
The findspot of a Bronze Age artefact.
Find from Ballabeg
The findspot of a Neolithic or Bronze Age adze or axehead, donated to the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-1251) by Mr J.J. Shimmin.
Find from Ballabrooie
The findspot of a spearhead, with a hollow socket and three-sided point, of unknown date.
Find from Ballabrooie
A Viking sword was found in 1964 at Ballabrooie, Patrick. The sword is incomplete and badly rusted but fragments of a wooden hilt remain. Fragments of wood adhering to the blade are maybe the remains of a scabbard. The sword is probably of early 10th century date. The find was donated to the Manx Museum by the finder, Mr Lawton. The surviving blade was described as being 23 inches with the tip and part of the hilt missing. Traces of copper remained on the hilt guard. It was found during ploughing, but no surface indications of a burial mound were noted.
Find from Ballacarnane Beg
The findspot of a scatter of 'Bann' type (Heavy-blade) Mesolithic flints, found here by William Cubbon in 1922 after ploughing. Cubbon's discovery is similar to that observed by Bersu when excavating at Ballacagen in the 1940s, which led the latter to postulate that residual Mesolithic flint had been in turf used to roof the Iron Age structures.
Find from Ballachrink, Lezayre
The findspot of a Middle Bronze Age palstave axe with stop-ridge and angled flanges cast as one unit and no loop. It was found 'on the gravel bank a few foot from the Sulby river on the north side, near White Bridge Ford, Ballachrink'. The axe was received by the Manx Museum in 1937 ( Accession No. 1954-3805).
Find from Ballachrink, Lonan
The findspot of an unspecified Bronze Age artefact.
Find from Ballachurry
The findspot of a stone axehead of Pembrokeshire type found during ploughing in 1966. It is now kept at the Manx Museum (Accession No 65-137).   Other objects have been found at the same site including another axehead, also kept at the Manx Museum, (Accession No 66-369) and a finely-worked concave flint saw found in ploughing, which was given to the Manx Museum by Mr J C Crellin in 1966-7.  OS Field No. 2665.
Find from Ballachurry
The findspot of a Neolithic Group VI axehead, found on the surface at Ballachurry.  The field is named as the 'N'aaie veg', but as this has not positively been identified the grid reference provided relates to the dwelling house for reference purposes only.
Find from Ballachurry, Cronk Mwyllin
The findspot of a number of Neolithic axeheads found at Ballachurry Keeill site in 1913. At least one is a roughened-butt axehead of Ronaldsway type. They are kept in the Manx Museum, Accession (Nos. 1954-0583, 1954-0596, 1954-0598, 1954-0599 and 1954-0610) but it is not certain that they all came from this site.
Find from Ballacleator
The findspot of a prehistoric flint scatter of Neolithic to Bronze Age date.  OS Field No. 2026.
Find from Ballacorteen
The findspot of a Neolithic or Bronze Age pounder or hammer consisting of a spherical granite boulder with flat faces that are slightly hollowed. It is now kept in the Manx Museum, (Accession No. 1954-0618) and was donated by the Rev. S.N. Harrison.
Find from Ballacowin
The findspot in the 19th century of a Neolithic stone axehead.
Find from Ballacowle
The findspot of a slate boulder which measured 40 centimetres x 30 centimetres x 11 centimetres and had a basin measuring 20 centimetres x 15 centimetres x 5 centimetres hollowed into one face. It was found in field behind the donor's house.
Find from Balladoole
A flint arrowhead of Bronze Age date found at Balladoole.
Find from Balladoole
A Bronze Age barbed & tanged arrowhead found at Balladoole.
Find from Ballafayle
The findspot of a stone ring, measuring 6cm in diameter by 2cm thick and thought to be of prehistoric date. It was donated by the Canon Rev. S.N. Harrison to the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-1200).
Find from Ballafurt
Fragments of a Bronze Age ribbed urn were reportedly found here circa 1913.
Find from Ballagarraghyn
The findspot of two worked stones of early prehistoric date. They are recorded in recorded in the Proceedings of the IOMNHAS III, p.200.
Find from Ballagawne
The findspot of a hoard of five Late Bronze Age objects found in 1940 in harrowing a field sloping down to the North bank of the Glen Gawne stream. They include part of the blade of a leaf-shaped sword, hilt broken away at the shoulder and with the lower part of the blade missing as well as part of the blade of a leaf-shaped sword. The finds are now in the Manx Museum (Accession Nos. 1954-5339a-e).