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Flint Scatter at Hospital Field, Barnell
A findspot for 10 worked flints and a piece of worked quartz found in the field known as Hospital Field, which is numbered 1319 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The discovery was made on 10 September 1988.
Flint Scatter at Kerroocroie
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 669 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. They were collected on 25 April 1987 and include a concave scraper, two small curved scrapers and about 20 cores and flakes.
Flint Scatter at Knock Beg
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found by Mr Alan Skillan and Dr Larch S. Garrad during fieldwalking in the field numbered Plot 1468 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map.  It included over 50 worked flint flakes, 1 unpolished core tool and 2 blade flakes.
Flint Scatter at Knock Beg
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1468 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It included circa 105 pieces of worked flint, including a drill, cores, blades and flakes.
Flint Scatter at Knock Beg
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1468 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It included circa 105 pieces of worked flint, including a tanged arrowhead.
Flint Scatter at Knockrenney
A flint scatter of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The flints were found in the field numbered 1359 on the Ordnance Survey's 1869 1:2500 scale map.
Flint Scatter at Leodest
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 0925 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map.  It included circa 75 worked flint pieces.
Flint Scatter at Leodest
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1185 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consists of over 30 flint blades, flakes and waste as well as a finely worked pressure-flaked implement which had been broken at both ends.
Flint Scatter at Leodest
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 0925 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map.
Flint Scatter at Lough Cranstal Drain
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 78 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consisted of 21 struck flints and 2 fragments of quartz pebble, collected from newly dredged material dumped on the west bank of Lough Cranstal drain, Bride on 24 September 1988.
Flint Scatter at Lough Cranstal Drain
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 37 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It included 4 struck flints as well as other flints.  All were patinated and 12 were heavily rolled.  They were collected from newly dredged material dumped on the west bank of Lough Cranstal drain, Bride on 24 September 1988.
Flint Scatter at Lough Cranstal Drain
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 38 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consisted of 4 struck flints, all patinated, 12 of which were heavily rolled, collected from newly dredged material dumped on the west bank of Lough Cranstal drain, Bride on September 24th, 1988.
Flint Scatter at Lough Cranstal Drain
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 39 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consisted of 21 struck flints and 2 fragments of quartz pebble, collected from newly dredged material dumped on the west bank of Lough Cranstal drain, Bride on September 24th, 1988.
Flint Scatter at Lough Cranstal Drain
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 75 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consisted of 21 struck flints and 2 fragments of quartz pebble, collected from newly dredged material dumped on the west bank of Lough Cranstal drain, Bride on 24 September 1988.
Flint Scatter at Loughdrushaig
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 790 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. Evidence of a prehistoric cooking place was also found.
Flint Scatter at Lower Scard Farm
A flint scatter found at Lower Scard Farm, Rushen.  The find is localised to Ordnance Survey Field No. 0039, and the grid references provided relates to the centre of the field.
Flint Scatter at Lower Scard Farm
A scatter of worked flints found within Ordnance Survey Field No 0028 on the 1:2500 mapping published in 1870, at Lower Scard Farm, Rushen. The grid reference relates to the centre of the field for location purposes only.
Flint Scatter at Lower Scard Farm
A scatter of worked flints was found on the land of Lower Scard Farm.  The find is localised to Ordnance Survey Field No. 0027 (as depicted on the 1:2500 mapping published in 1870), and he grid reference relates to the centre of the field. A small Group VI axehead has also been found on the farm.
Flint Scatter at Marown New Estate
The findspot of an armlet of tinned bronze, 10 centimetres in diameter, found in the donor's garden in a new housing estate built on arable land, in the field numbered as Plot 546 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.  In the opinion of Ethnographical Department of the British Museum, the piece was a relatively modern 'native' product of Indian or African origin, which was possibly a trade item.
Flint Scatter at Middle Farm
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter which includes a round-ended scraper and a flat flake circa 3.3 centimetres in diameter and 6 millimetres thick.  The find was made in the field numbered as Plot 2516 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
Flint Scatter at Ohio Cottage
The findspot of a probable Ronaldsway type flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1710 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. The finds included a concave saw and a slate plaque.
Flint Scatter at Park Farm
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter collected on 10 April 1891.  The pieces included a stone rubber with one face more dished that the other, measuring 8 x 15 x 4 centimetres overall, as well as flint waste and flint cores.
Flint Scatter at Peel
A quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the cliff path, north of Peel in the field numbered as 994 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
Flint Scatter at Railway Line, Union Mills
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter, found within the field numbered as Plot 1559 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. A slate bar was found here, which has curvilinear, worn ends and measures 16.5 x 2. 7 x 0.7 centimetres.
Flint Scatter at Regaby Beg
An early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field marked as Plot 1799 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. Over 25 flint flakes and blades were found as well as a broken slate "loom weight".