Defended promontory. The fort is located on a headland jutting south-eastward into the sea. It is lozenge-shaped, its longest axis running SW-NE measuring roughly 50m across. Natural defences are provided by precipitous gullies on the west and north sides thus providing a natural all round sheer rock face on all but a 20m strip to the north-west. Here an inner bank 4m wide at the base with a maximum interior height of 1m has been constructed; it has no apparent entrance. The bank is paralleled to the north by a ditch, beyond which lie an outer bank and ditch. The eastern half of both have been mutilated by a field boundary and cultivation.
There is no visible trace of any internal structures. The site is most likely of Iron Age origin, but may have been re-used during the medieval period.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter consisting of a worked flint measuring 35 millimetres in length. It was collected from the old land surface beneath 0.9 metres of blown sand.
Gob ny Rona (Port Lewaigue) is the ruined site of a late 18th or early 19th century casemated battery, built on the possible site of a Civil War Battery (possibly PRN 0585.00). It was a casemated battery comprising 'a sod rampart 12 feet thick, and a wooden platform of 18 yards wide by 6.5 yards deep' as mentioned in 1804. It had four embrasures and was different from the barbette-type battery ordered to be built here in 1793.
The fort is situated on a fairly high peninsular jutting northwards into the sea. The remains are rectangular and measure internally from foot of bank to foot of bank 14.5 x 7.5 metres. It is orientated west-northwest to east-southeast. The walls have an internal height of 1.6 metres and an external height of 1.1 metres, their average width at the base is 5.5 metres. They have been much mutilated by minor breaks and the whole is covered by fern and gorse. No trace of stonework was found. Considerable quantities of material have been removed from the adjoining southern exterior apparently in fairly recent times. No trace was found of any external defences.
An earlier Civil War battery appears to have stood on the site, as 'near Port League... there is an isthmus thereon was another fort... well supplied with cannon in 1643'. Further references were made to the site during the 17th and early 18th centuries; but 'only vestiges of the ramparts and a few old unservicable cannons' were seen in the mid - 18th century, although brought into use again in 1782. The headland is now National Trust property.
A Neolithic polished stone axehead was found in stone-lined graves or burial cists at an unlocated site described as; 'Gobinay, ie Gob yn oaie, Headland of the grave. On the summit of the hill about 1750 yards E (sic) of and overlooking Cregneish. Stone-lined graves found containing polished-stone axe-head.' . This place name is not known and not shown on Ordnance Survey maps and the distance given appears to be erroneous.
The site of Godred Crovans Stone, which was a natural feature. The stone was a large glacial erratic boulder of local granite, which was broken up during the 19th century to be built into the church. Godred Crovan was an 11th century Norse-Gaelic ruler. The origins of the name attribution at this site are not known.
No names listed; First World War. Second World War.
The memorial is an Irish limestone cross, located within enclosed iron railings on Douglas Head, facing towards Douglas Bay, above Marine Drive. The 1935-1945 inscription was added later using a separate tablet. The tablet is made from Manx slate.
The momument was a gift from Mr John Leigh Goldie-Taubman of the Nunnery, Douglas. It was unveiled on 11 November 1921 and dedicated by Rev. H.S. Taggart, M.A., Vicar of St. Matthew's Church, Douglas.
The site of the burial ground associated with the early medieval chapel or keeill known as Gordon Keeill. The chapel site itself has been ploughed over but Kermode was informed that the site was near the farm buildings by the stream below the road. Vicar Holmes records 'in the burial ground adjoining are to be seen a few graves'.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill known as Gordon Keeill. The chapel site itself has been ploughed over but Kermode was informed that the site was near the farm buildings by the stream below the road. Vicar Holmes records 'in the burial ground adjoining are to be seen a few graves'.
The Government Buildings in Douglas is generally triangular building in plan. It is of masonry construction, cement rendered, four storeyed and flat roofed. The 'apex' of the triangle formed by the intersection of Prospect Hill and Finch Road is designed as a semi-circular 'wing' to an otherwise rectangular articulated facade. The ground floor dominates the elevations and includes a full colonnade around the semi-circular apex. A varied neo-classical detailing is used in complimenting the doric columns and frieze of the collonade except at the attic windows of the fourth floor above the upper cornice. The general character of the building is somewhat 'overworked' tending to the impression that a number of complimentary buildings have been compressed into a single grouping because the site is very limited. No interior inspection has been carried out. The building appears in good repair. The Government Buildings obviously have 'civic' significance and are prominently located. Their character is in keeping with the unfolding vista which develops as one ascends Prospect Hill.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records the site of a chapel and burial ground at this location. Canon EB Savage writing circa 1885 (MS in the Manx Museum) records the statement of a man who had cleared the area some 30 years previously when he found 'stone graves and urns' at the site. Savage adds, however, that he had heard of no remains or tradition of a chapel. PMC Kermode writing in 1894 records 'lintel graves have been met with when ploughing.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey of 1968 remarks that this seems to be one of the least authenticated keeill sites in the parish of Rushen since apart from the OS map entry, there is no other reliable information and every trace of it has vanished on the ground. The site has been greatly disturbed by a small quarry to the south of the site marked by the OS, which operated until 1914, after which the area was remodelled as part of the Rowany golf course. Nothing can now be seen remotely suggestive of a keeill or burial ground.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records the site of a chapel and burial ground at this location. Canon EB Savage writing circa 1885 (MS in the Manx Museum) records the statement of a man who had cleared the area some 30 years previously when he found 'stone graves and urns' at the site. Savage adds, however, that he had heard of no remains or tradition of a chapel. PMC Kermode writing in 1894 records 'lintel graves have been met with when ploughing.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey of 1968 remarks that this seems to be one of the least authenticated keeill sites in the parish of Rushen since apart from the OS map entry, there is no other reliable information and every trace of it has vanished on the ground. The site has been greatly disturbed by a small quarry to the south of the site marked by the OS, which operated until 1914, after which the area was remodelled as part of the Rowany golf course. Nothing can now be seen remotely suggestive of a keeill or burial ground.
The Manx Archaeological Survey records the presence of a worked stone 220 yards ENE of the site of the keeill recorded by the OS. The ground at this point is now part of a fairway on the golf course, but rough ground lies both to the north and south at SC19947000 and SC19966996 respectively. The MAS describes the stone as much weathered, standing about 0.8m high, and protruding from an apparently eroded, flat-topped mound about 2m in diameter. The Survey suggests that the stone may be a decapitated cross-slab, possibly marking a grave.
The Manx Archaeological Survey also refers to an area of wet ground to the north of the site of the keeill, close to the footpath. This would seem to be centred at SC19766999, and may relate to the holy well or spring, Chibber Ballacreie, recorded by Gill (1929, A Manx Scrapbook).
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records the site of a chapel and burial ground at this location. Canon EB Savage writing circa 1885 (MS in the Manx Museum) records the statement of a man who had cleared the area some 30 years previously when he found 'stone graves and urns' at the site. Savage adds, however, that he had heard of no remains or tradition of a chapel. PMC Kermode writing in 1894 records 'lintel graves have been met with when ploughing.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey of 1968 remarks that this seems to be one of the least authenticated keeill sites in the parish of Rushen since apart from the OS map entry, there is no other reliable information and every trace of it has vanished on the ground. The site has been greatly disturbed by a small quarry to the south of the site marked by the OS, which operated until 1914, after which the area was remodelled as part of the Rowany golf course. Nothing can now be seen remotely suggestive of a keeill or burial ground.
