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Lhergydhoo Mound
One of two Bronze Age burial cairns recorded approximately 750 metres southwest of Lhergydhoo Farm.  This was the eastern cairn, which was located about 30 metres east-northeast of the western cairn. They have both been ploughed down and are no longer upstanding features. Both cairns are shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
Lhergydhoo Mound
One of two cairns recorded approximately 750 metres southwest of Lhergydhoo Farm.  This was the western cairn, which was located about 30 metres west-southwest of the eastern cairn. They have both been ploughed down and are no longer upstanding features. Both cairns are shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
Lhergydhoo Strand
Prehistoric flint scatter. A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Lhergydhoo by CH Cowley, from the 'Strand'. This would appear to relate to Cain's Strand, since most of the rest of the coastal edge of Lhergydhoo quarterland lay within the holding of Whitstrand farm. The grid reference relates to the edge of the field overlooking the beach. 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.
Lhergydhoo Threshing Mill
The site of a threshing mill, shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as a "T.Mill".  It was powered by a waterwheel, with a millpond to the east from where a straight leat ran foe some 230 metres to the mill building. The building was a ruin by the 1980s but has now either been reroofed or replaced.
Lhergyrhenny Burial Mound
In 1883 W. Kermode visited the site of a tumulus which was being robbed to build a stone wall. It was on the southwest side of Snaefell about 180 metres below the mountain road, on the edge of a steep bank of a small gully running into the Lhergy-Rhenny stream between Snaefell and Pen-y-Pott, about 300 metres above sea level. The site was 'More hemmed in than usual.'  The tumulus was found to be rounded, with no depression in the top, about 1.25 metres high, with a diameter of nearly 6 metres. One cist had been destroyed on the northwest side. The stone which had been at the bottom had a distinct cross mark on it. Crude pottery fragments were found. A hollow baked clay cylindrical tube about 5cm long with one end curved at right angles looked like a vase handle. Further excavations revealed a layer of ashes 'apparently gorse, etc'. In the centre of the mound was a walled chamber 1.5 metres by 75cm by 75cm in depth, orientated approximately east-west and empty. There was no stone cover and it did not rest on the original soil level. Other apparent portions of wall were met with below the level of this chamber and at different angles 'they were all carefully built of large flat stones, laid not on edge, and sods between. It in some respects resembled the description of a tumulus in Switzerland'.   At the original ground level there was a 2.5cm thick layer of ashes of wood, gorse and heath, and below it were flat stones resting on the natural soil. Very small fragments of red clay as if an urn were found. The area indicated is the only one between Snaefell and Beinn y Phott which has had stone walls erected since 1869. There are many gullies running down to the main stream and no trace of antiquity has since been found. Later owners knew nothing about the barrow.
Lhergyrhenny Shieling Mound
A pair of mounds which have been described as possible medieval shieling mounds, but have also been interpreted as possible Bronze Age funerary barrows.   They are both ditchless turf covered mounds with diameters of 9.0 metres and heights of 0.5 metres and 0.4 metres respectively. One is found at SC37708877 and is well preserved. The other is found at SC37718880 is partly destroyed either by erosion or by surface peat digging.   These monuments may correspond with P.S. Gelling's records for shieling mounds PRN 0448.00.
Lhergyrhenny Shieling Mound
One of a pair of mounds which have been described as possible medieval shieling mounds, but have also been interpreted as possible Bronze Age funerary barrows.   It appears to be a ditchless turf covered mound with a diameter of 9.0 metres and height of 0.4 or 0.5 metres.  It is well preserved.  It may be one of a pair of shieling mounds PRN 0448.00 recorded by P.S. Gelling.
Lhergyrhenny Shieling Mound
One of a pair of mounds which have been described as possible medieval shieling mounds, but have also been interpreted as possible Bronze Age funerary barrows.   It appears to be a ditchless turf covered mound with a diameter of 9.0 metres and height of 0.4 metres and 0.5 metres.  It is damaged by erosion.  It may be one of a pair of shieling mounds PRN 0448.00 recorded by P.S. Gelling.
Lhergyrhenny Shieling Mound
The site of a Bronze Age barrow which is thought to have been reused in medieval times based on the discovery of the handle and part of the lip of a probable large jug, considered to be'medieval which was found above paving and ashes in the 'cist.' They are now kept at the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-3076).  It is thought to have been a round-based 'urn.'   The description of the internal arrangements of the 'tumulus' (PRN 0447.00) and the find of probable medieval pottery, would seem to suggest a later use of the mound possibly a shieling or corn-drying kiln as seen at Block Eary. P.S. Gelling shows two shieling mounds on his distribution map in close proximity to this site (PRN 0448.00)
Lhergyrhenny Shieling Mound
The site of two possible shieling mounds which are recorded on P.S. Gelling' map of shielings. It is possible that the two mounds are prehistoric barrows however.
Lhergyvreck Burial Mound
The site of a possible prehistoric barrow based on a record made by William Cubbon in 1917. It appears that the landowner, Mr Connell, dug open a mound with the intention of burying a horse but found large stones and ceased digging, reburying the stones. There is no evidence to show that the mound was in fact a barrow or an antiquity.
Lhiaght y Kinry Stone
The reported site of a boundary stone on the boundary between Marown and German parishes. William Cubbon recorded that there was a small grave mound here, covered with white quartz boulders. In local tradition this was a memorial to Kinry.
Liaght ny Fawyr, Giant's Grave Burial Cairn; The Kew
Neolithic long cairn. This passage grave lies immediately adjacent to two field boundaries. Fifteen stones define the converging sides of a passageway some 8m long. The surrounding ground is raised slightly above the adjacent field, implying that the lowest level of the body of the cairn still survives; there is no sign of any capstones. The last stone in the passage is embedded in a field boundary, the other side of which lie the vestiges of a sub-circular mound extending about 8m from the hedge, where the burial chamber might be expected. Several large stones in the hedge bounding the road are likely to be derived from the cairn.
Lien Eayst Roundhouse
The apparent site of a 1st century AD stone Roundhouse or enclosure. Topographically and by its size it is comparable to the Braaid Circle which was classified as a stone Roundhouse of the 1st Century AD.   Its diameter is 26.0 metres northeast to southwest. The northeast half consists of a semi-circular loose stone wall, now largely fallen down into the interior, partly faced on the outside with stone slabs. The average external height of the walls is 0.3 metres. The southeast half of the circle has apparently been destroyed by a landslip, evidence of which exists in a build up of earth on the side of a steep slope to the southeast. In the southwest of the remaining portion is one leaning orthostat, its length is 1.0 metres with sides of 0.3 and 0.4 metres. Extending to the northeast and towards the centre of the circle at a distance of 4.0 metres from the orthostat is a small possible hearth lined on two sides by flat stone slabs. Its sides are 0.5 by 0.3 metres. There is a considerable amount of loose stone in the interior and in the north is an in-turned entrance some 4.0 metres wide and lined on the west side by a stone slab 1.5 metres long by 0.5 metres high. This 'entrance' is in an illogical position being in a water path. It may be the result of human mutilation or it may result from water rushing down the hillside. It is probable that the majority of the stones from this site have been removed to the nearby walls.
Lingague Mound
This mound is thought to be a natural feature, though it is shown as a mound on 1957 Ordnance Survey map.
Little London Corn Mill
The location of a 19th century mill, shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as a "T.Mill" (Threshing Mill).
Little Switzerland
Prehistoric promontory forts, alleged sites of. Dr Gerhard Bersu (1949) speculated that the cliffs overlooking Douglas Bay lent themselves as possible locations of promontory forts of the type occuring elsewhere on the coastline of the Isle of Man, which have been dated to the late prehistoric or Iron Age period. These may readily be identified through reference to the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8. Although no trace of defences or artefacts of this period have been observed, he would appear to have been referring to the area towards the north end of the bay between Falcon Cliff and Summerhill, known as Little Switzerland, where the irregular line of cliffs affords at least two opportunities for such defences. The area is now occupied by lawns and gardens.
Little Switzerland
The site of a conjectured prehistoric promontory fort. Dr Gerhard Bersu (1949) speculated that the cliffs overlooking Douglas Bay lent themselves as possible locations of promontory forts of the type occuring elsewhere on the coastline of the Isle of Man, which have been dated to the late prehistoric or Iron Age period.  These may readily be identified through reference to the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping published in 1870.  Although no trace of defences or artefacts of this period have been observed, he would appear to have been referring to the area towards the north end of the bay between Falcon Cliff and Summerhill, known as Little Switzerland, where the irregular line of cliffs affords at least two opportunities for such defences. The area is now occupied by lawns and gardens and there is no evidence that such a promontory fort existed.
Little Switzerland
The site of a conjectured prehistoric promontory fort. Dr Gerhard Bersu (1949) speculated that the cliffs overlooking Douglas Bay lent themselves as possible locations of promontory forts of the type occuring elsewhere on the coastline of the Isle of Man, which have been dated to the late prehistoric or Iron Age period.  These may readily be identified through reference to the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping published in 1870.  Although no trace of defences or artefacts of this period have been observed, he would appear to have been referring to the area towards the north end of the bay between Falcon Cliff and Summerhill, known as Little Switzerland, where the irregular line of cliffs affords at least two opportunities for such defences. The area is now occupied by lawns and gardens and there is no evidence that such a promontory fort existed.
Loch Promenade House, Douglas
A post-medieval house in Douglas.
Lonan Burial Ground
The site of a modern burial ground.
Lonan Church Cross Slab
An early medieval cross kept in Lonan church.
Lonan Church Cross Slab
A broken carved wheel-headed cross-slab kept in Lonan church.  It was found circa 1870. It measures 152 centimetres x 55.8 centimetres x 7.6 centimetres.
Lonan Church Cross Slab
A fragment of a wheel-headed cross-slab kept in Lonan church. It was found in 1890. It measures 45.7 centimetres x 45.7 centimetres x 12.7 centimetres thick.