Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Field Below Tumulus'.
The description appears to relate to OS Field nos. 00225 and 0226, reconfigured following the construction of the railway, and now centred at the grid reference provided.
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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley from 'Opposite Baar Teare'.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Field Seaside of One With Barrow'.
The description appears to relate to OS Field nos. 0225 and 0226, reconfigured following the construction of the railway, and now centred at the grid reference provided.
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.
Prehistoric stone axehead.
A prehistoric stone axehead was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Hedge West Side of Gowan Field With Tumulus'.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Lower Field'.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from 'Ned Jack's Field'.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Rouyr Field'.
No further details concerning the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Top Fields'.
This description must relate to the fields on 'the tops', beyond, that is, north and east of Crosh Mooar, and centred around OS Field no. 1140, the centre of which lies at the grid reference provided.
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.
Prehistoric coarse stone tool.
A single worked prehistoric coarse stone tool was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Tops Above Cowin's Second'.
This description must relate to one of the fields on 'the tops', beyond, that is, north and east of Crosh Mooar, and centred around OS Field no. 1140, the centre of which lies at the grid reference provided.
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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Margher Roue Snaightey'.
The location cannot be re-identified from the description provided, and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from the 'Rouyr Magher'.
No further details concerning the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel and burial ground thought to have been used between circa AD500 and AD1000. The name of this Keeill is lost as is that of the Treen. The raised plateau is a natural bank of gravel and now reduced to a triangular area about 38 metres by 18 metres. Lintel graves have been noted here. The site is occupied by a modern house and garden and no identifiable feature remains.
A funerary monument which has been identified as a Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' type burial site, utilising a glacial mound. It has also been described as a "round cairn of early Bronze Age type." It may be a late Neolithic chambered cairn.
The cairn measures 29.0 metres northeast to southwest by 23.0 metres northwest to southeast. Its height to the southeast is 1.9 metres. At the foot of the mound to the north is a block of quartz 1.4 m long. There is a narrow opening into a chamber formed of large blocks of white quartz is exposed on the North side
The cairn was a prominent feature in the field numbered 253 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The site of the Knocksharry Methodist chapel which was founded in 1843, but closed in 1929. It was used as a Young Men's Club and Recreational Hall afterwards, but was sold in 1953 and converted into a dwelling.
This flat slab was found at Knocksharry, and is possibly derived from a nearby chapel and burial ground (IOMHER 0899.00). It is incised with many lines, but a long line down the centre of one face is crossed by two others to form a double-ended cross. The limbs are terminated by short lines forming serifs.
An important early prehistoric flint scatter has been found in this area. Numerous worked flints were recovered by C.H. Cowley. They include scrapers, knives and spearheads. No further details concerning the circumstances of these discoveries were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
The site of a flint scatter in Gowan field, Knocksharry, recorded in November, 1919. This is an area which has produced many 'Ronaldsway' type flints.
A Neolithic axe was also found on the surface of the west side of the field. The axe is in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1135/34 (1)
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A very large quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Knocksharry by CH Cowley, from 'Cubbon's Field'.
The description relates to OS Field nos 0568 and 0570, which were amalgamated some time after 1868. The grid reference relates to the centre of Cubbon's Field as now delineated.
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.
The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel and burial ground thought to have been used between circa AD500 and AD1000. The name of this Keeill is lost as is that of the Treen. The raised plateau is a natural bank of gravel and now reduced to a triangular area about 38 metres by 18 metres. Lintel graves have been noted here. The site is occupied by a modern house and garden and no identifiable feature remains.
The site of a major Neolithic Ronaldsway 'Camp' site which has produced large quantities of worked flints. It is located in Cubbon's Field, Knocksharry, which is the fields numbered 568 and 570 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. Some Mesolithic 'Bann' material has also been found here.
The site of a major Neolithic Ronaldsway 'Camp' site which has produced large quantities of worked flints. It is located in Cubbon's Field, Knocksharry, which is the fields numbered 568 and 570 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. Some Mesolithic 'Bann' material has also been found here.
A pair of white quartz boulders, measuring 0.75 metres high by 0.45 metres wide, which have been interpreted in the past as possible "portal stones" associated with the nearby Neolithic chambered cairn (PRN 0896.00). It is not known if they are in situ or if they are genuinely of antiquity.
C.H. Cowley undertook an excavation on 24 July 1921 and opened two graves thought to be part of an early medieval cemetery associated with a lost keeill. One of the graves was built of shore stones, the other with slate slabs. Pebbles were found in the graves but no bones survived. On 12 November 1922 Cowley also found the base of a flint "sickle stone."
