A single worked flint, a convex scraper 40mm long, was found in the north-west corner of Ordnance Survey Field no. 2838, on ploughed land adjacent to the footpath running westwards from Ronaldsway Industrial Estate to Great Meadow.
The artefact is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1968-0152.
Medieval burials.
An annotated map showing antiquarian notes maintained at the Manx Museum records 'Lintel Graves found, 1914'. The observation was recorded by PMC Kermode, director of the museum between 1922 and 1932.
No further information is known and the annotation is marked at the grid reference provided.
This two storey terrace of farm cottages constitute outbuildings to the Great Meadow complex which is separately described with respect to the main house. However the half timbered and cement rendered slate pitch roofed dwellings are worthy of note in their own right.
No two cottages are quite the same in their design so that the elevational treatment reflects various room sizes in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. The eaves line is sometimes broken up upper floor windows and sometimes not. When the eaves line is broken there may be either a partial raising of the roof or a complete dormer with gable treatment. Yet there is consistancy to the half timbered work of the second floor which serves to unify the otherwise more broken line of the plain stucco ground floor. Some of the cottages have an externally applied vestibule disrupting the continuity of the ground floor and the whitewashed stone wall separating the farm yard is carried into the facade of the terrace. No interior inspection was made and the buildings appear in need of repair. It has been suggested in the recommendation for the main house that the entire complex be listed for preservation as a grouping in a manner which enables the modernisation of individual buildings within character restraints. The same ruling would include this terrace which is set in a completely separate part of the grounds to the main house and gardens.
A post medieval farmhouse which resembles a stone castle of two to three storeys, approached through an elaborate gate house and arch of similar character. There are two principle towers, each rectangular in plan rising above the slate pitched roof which for the most part is concealed behind stone battlements as a parapet treatment. The road passes very close to the southeast wall of the main structure and gives the appearance of having cut off a wing of the building which has then been cauterised with slate shingles to cover the wound.
Although no interior inspection has been made it is obvious that the building both externally and internally is in a very poor state of repair. Furthermore the grounds are not being adequately maintained and the property has a general feeling of decay and neglect. Some of the farm buildings are of completely different character and are described separately. The farm complex has historic significance and the buildings themselves have value from an architectural standpoint. Since there is a risk that the property will deteriorate it is suggested that the complex be listed for preservation in total but under a general intent to preserve the juxtaposition of the main 'folly' and a pleasing terrace of out-buildings in clearly defined grounds. Such a listing should give room for the modernising of the buildings provided their basic character is not changed. Since the validity of the grouping is concerned with farming, improvements should be judged also in the light of the need for an economical operation continuing.
A Neolithic stone axehead of Ronaldsway type (with roughened-butt) found at Great Meadow, Malew.
There are no further details and the grid reference is centred on the farmstead.
The axehead is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1954-2181.
The location of a drainage adit within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, positioned downslope of a shaft (PRN 2811.10 and level (PRN 2811.30) and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a mine level within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown as a Level on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a stone-built wheelpit within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a stone-built magazine or powderhouse within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a stone-built magazine or powderhouse within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The ruined remains of the Great North Laxey mines represent the site of a significant mining complex. The features are shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and include a shaft (SC42778890), two adits (SC42778892, SC42778886) a wheelcase (SC42848894) and powder house (SC42708898, possibly superseded – another one now stands at SC42718899). Other buildings of unknown purpose are shown, as well as washing floors and ‘deads’ or waste heaps. The mine was served by a system of pumping rods running from waterwheels both overground on pillars and underground via conduits. Leats brought water from the surrounding hillsides to power the wheels.
The location of a mineshaft within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
This was probably a natural landmark on the southern slope of Greeba that is recorded in Marown Parish Register (written by the vicar John Bridson about 1780) under the name of 'St Patrick's Chair'. Cubbon identified this with a rock outcrop of 'chair'-like appearance, within a few feet of the parish boundary on the Kirk German side. It is located in the upper corner of the area shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as Plot No. 441, which was 2.055 acres of wood at that time.
Probable 'pagan' graves were found 'many years ago' in making an addition at the back of a cottage, marked on OS sheet 9/12 field number 3071 (at SC 29948107), on the north side of the highroad, nearly opposite to the road leading to Curragh-glass. There is no tradition of a keeill here and it is unlikely as it lies close to known keeill sites at Cronkbreck, Kerrowgarrow and Greeba Mills.
Greeba Castle is a Victorian castellated residence, built in the Gothic style and designed by the Manx architect John Robinson of Douglas. It was built in 1849 along with a neighbouring residence of Greeba Tower.
This unusual stone was found at Greeba in 1948. The slab is cross-shaped in outline with a rounded head and stubby arms. It is perforated with a cross-shaped opening where the limbs of the cross meet. It has been suggested that the stone served as a window light from a chapel.
This large cross slab was found during the excavation of a grave in 1995 at Greeba (IOMHER 0942.00). The stone had been re-used to form the side of a lintel grave. A regular cross set within a circular frame is pecked into the one face near the head of the slab.
This slab was found at a keeill site (IOMHER 0942.00) close to Greeba Mills. Unusual crosses are carved on both faces. On one side a cross in outline is formed by overlapping a thin vertical ellipse with two horizontal lines. On the other, two vertical and three horizontal lines cross to form the symbol, contained within a roughly circular frame, with additional lines creating another cross within the upper limb. Several curved lines below the frame perhaps suggest fishscales.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000 at Greeba Mills. The site is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in field plot 2987.
No trace of the keeill remains but in the past a Mr Watterson discovered five lintel graves, each about 6 feet long and lined with large flags, when he was excavating for the enlargement of outhouses. Many of these large flags are now built into the adjoining walls.
A small slab pierced by a pointed star-shaped figure, possibly from a window of the keeill, was built into one of the outhouses. It was removed in 1948 and is now kept at the Manx Museum (No 170). A large broken slab, pierced by a countersunk hole, may have formed the lintel of a door.
An early cross-slab incised on both faces, was found on this site 'many years ago' (No 38. Now kept at Peel Castle Museum).
It was feared that the site of a keeill was being damaged by ploughing after a plaited gold ring (PRN 0967.00) was found in 1982 and therefore a trial excavation was undertaken by L.S. Garrad of Manx Museum across the mound evident in the field in 1983. A single Manx medieval micaceous sherd, of probable 13th/14th-century date, was found, apparently associated with a scatter of stones which had perhaps been paving, but there was no other trace of the keeill or any other structure.
The site of the burial ground association with an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000 at Greeba Mills. The site is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in field plot 2987.
No trace of the keeill remains but in the past a Mr Watterson discovered five lintel graves, each about 6 feet long and lined with large flags, when he was excavating for the enlargement of outhouses. Many of these slabs are now built into the adjoining walls.
A small slab pierced by a pointed star-shaped figure, possibly from a window of the keeill, was built into one of the outhouses. It was removed in 1948 and is now kept at the Manx Museum (No 170). A large broken slab, pierced by a countersunk hole, may have formed the lintel of a door. An early cross-slab incised on both faces, was found on this site 'many years ago' (No 38. Now kept at Peel Castle Museum).
It was feared that the site of a keeill was being damaged by ploughing when a plaited gold ring (PRN 0967.00) was found in 1982. A trial excavation was undertaken by L.S. Garrad of Manx Museum in 1983 across the mound evident in the field. A single Manx medieval micaceous sherd, of probable 13th/14th-century date, was found, apparently associated with a scatter of stones which had perhaps been paving, but there was no other trace of the keeill or any other structure.
