This piece of a broken slab was found in the churchyard during the 1800s and dates from AD950 - 1000. Each face shows the lower end of a cross shaft. One face bears a ring chain on the shaft, while the space to the left is decorated with tendril-pattern. To the right is a curious device within a border of step-pattern. The other face shows a shaft decorated with double twist-and-ring. The space to the right shows a boar and a stag, while to the left a man is shown carrying a pole from which a second figure hangs.
The animals may simply represent a hunting scene, a common theme on Manx cross slabs, but the stag could be Eikthyrnir, who stands on the roof of Valhalla in Norse mythology. The other scene could possibly be derived from the Volsunga saga, in which the king Jormanrek is told by Odin that his wife has betrayed him with his son, Randver, and hangs his son in punishment.
This worn fragment was recovered from the churchyard wall. Each face shows the remains of the head of a cross with circle. On one face the circle bears traces of interlacing, and some looped plait-work survives on the arm below. Above the circle are traces of two animals, and below, traces of further interlace. On the other face the faint remains interlace can be seen on the arm of the cross, and a knot is visible above the circle.
This small slab has been at the parish church since before 1936, but its prior history is unknown. It bears on one face an incised plain cross in outline, with an outline circle behind. These firmly incised lines are overlaid with a more lightly scratched crude attempt at a double twist in all four arms.
1 name listed; Second World War.
4 names listed; First World War.
Marble cross.
The memorial was unveiled on 2 June 1921 by the Lieutenant Governor Sir William Fry, accompanied by Lady Fry and Mr Leigh Goldie-Taubman. The dedication was performed by the Venerable Archdeacon. The Rev. J. A. Cooil, chaplain of St. Jude's, read the lesson, and the concluding prayers were read by Rural Dean the Rev. J. H. Cain. After a moment's pause, the Archdeacon pronounced the benediction. The contractor was Mr Edward Christian, monumental mason, of Ramsey.
This pinfold stands near the cross roads at the Loughan on the road to Andreas village. It measures approximately 7.6 metres by 7.0 metres and is defined by sod banks with mortared stone-revetment facing. The entrance is to the centre of the south wall and has no lintel above. The inner facing now appears almost circular, due to the rough character of the sod hedges against which it is built. Each parish was responsible for the maintenance and repair of its own pinfold. Their origins are uncertain although a statute of 1422 confirms customary laws were already long established by that time.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Jurby Point by CH Cowley.
This is likely to refer to Jurby Head. Cowley may have been attracted by the mound of Cronk Mooar, not knowing that it was of medieval, rather than prehistoric, origin. No further details concerning the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the headland 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.
Two Bronze Age urns were found here in 1879. The find was described as being made "'In the Faaic" some 25 metres north of the Vicarage and to consist of two 'tall crocks' which contained "black matter". They were reburied on the spot by a Mr Corrin. The contemporary vicarage is not shown on Ordnance Survey plans but would appear to be in the area centred on SC 377978.
A former Wesleyan Methodist church which has closed and been converted for residential purposes. It has a datestone inscribed with AD 1847 in its south-facing gable wall.
Modern limekiln.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 shows a group of six limekilns at this location just west of Kallow Point. Associated records identify them in sequence from south to north.
