A stained glass window depicting Captain Goldie Taubman as a Mediaeval knight in golden armour and purple cloak, holding a sword point downwards in his right hand. He is being crowned by two angels. Captain Goldie Taubman was killed at Guloo in 1898.
A stained glass and lead memorial window, framed in wood.
Captain Gerald Goldie-Taubman served in the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was the youngest son of John Senhouse Goldie Taubman of the Nunnery. Gerald Goldie-Taubman served in the Great War and died in hospital on 15 September 1915 age 40 years. The date of the burial is recorded as 20 September 1915. He is buried in St Lupus Churchyard, Malew, grave number B54.
Information courtesy of the Isle of Man Government Committee for the Preservation of War Memorials
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from 'Michael Brooghs' by CH Cowley.
The description would appear to suggest that the findspot was towards the northern end of the coastline forming the edge of the parish. On another occasion Cowley recovered finds from Orrisdale Head (see PRN 3377), and the grid reference provided refers to the coastline in this area as it was at the time of his discoveries.
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.
14 names listed; First World War.
7 names listed; Second World War.
Plaque of Sicilian marble, in a hendecagon (eleven sided) shape. Affixed to an interior west facing wall of St Michael's Church. The plaque is bordered all round by an interlaced Celtic pattern, inside which the names of the fallen men have been inscribed. At a later date, three plaques have been affixed to the wall underneath the original plaque, to commemorate those who fell in the Seond World War.
The memorial was unveiled on Easter Monday 17 April 1922 by the Lieutenant Governor Major General Sir William Fry KCVO CB. It was dedicated by the Lord Bishop, the Rev. James Denton Thompson and was sponsored by public subcription. The memorial to commemorate those who gave their lives in the Second World War was unveiled on Sunday 23 May 1948 at 6.30pm. The memorial was designed by Mr Archibald Knox and sculpted by Thomas H. Royston of 12 Peel Road, Douglas.
An early medieval broken cross slab, with a Latin cross inscribed on one face. It measures 167.5 centimetres x 33 centimetres x 19 centimetres and is kept at Braddan church. A cast is kept at the Manx Museum. It is thought to be pre-Scandanavian in date and is numbered as Manx Cross No 65.
The findspot of an early medieval cross slab, which has a Latin cross incised on one face. The slab is said to have been found at or near this location, which is thought to signify that there was an early medieval keeill or chapel, here. The site is now a pasture field with no obvious surface evidence of any features.
The history of the cross-slab is lost but Kermode was allowed to move it to Braddan Church (circa 1918) with consent of the then owner, Mrs Moffatt. It remains in the church today.
This broken slab was found on Middle Farm and the farmer set it up in a field (IOMHER 0706.00) south of the farmstead, though apparently there is no surviving tradition of a burial ground at this location. It was moved to the church c.1918. The heavily weathered slab bears a simple carved cross. Above and below the slab has been cut away to create the illusion of a roughly circular ring around the cross. The spaces between the limbs, and the terminals of the upper and lower arms, contain small cup-shaped hollows.
This is thought to be the site of an early medieval keeill or chapel, which would have been in use during the period circa AD500 to AD1000. The site is now a pasture field with no obvious surface evidence of any features.
There appears to be no memory of a keeill on this farm but an early cross-slab (PRN 0706.20) was found here and is said to have come from a keeill at or near to the site. The history of the cross-slab is lost but Kermode was allowed to move it to Braddan Church (circa 1918) with consent of the then owner, Mrs Moffatt. It remains in the church today.
Prehistoric worked flint.
A single flint flake of indeterminate character, 53mm overall, localised only to Middle. Middle farmstead lies at the grid reference provided, for indicative purposes.
The object is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1971-0016/2.
Medieval burial ground. The site was investigated by the Manx Archaeological Survey (1915).
Fragmentary remains of burials were found inside the keeill, and the discovery of a carved stone cross immediately outside implies the existence of a burial ground directly associated with the building.
A broken slab inscribed with cross-patee within double circle and four Anglian Runic letters. It was found in 1906 near Middle Keeill and is now kept in the Maughold Cross House. It measures 54.5 centimetres high x 29 centimetres maximum width and 5 centimetres thick.
Medieval chapel and burial ground. The site was investigated by the Manx Archaeological Survey (1915). The building is orientated ESE-WNW, and measures 5.8 by 3.5m internally. It has walls 0.3m high and 0.6m thick. The doorway is in the 'west' gable, but no other architectural details survive. A carved stone (Manx Cross 43) was found just outside the chapel, and fragmentary evidence for burials inside.
Medieval chapel. The site was investigated by the Manx Archaeological Survey (1915).
The building is orientated ESE-WNW, and measures 5.8 by 3.5m internally. It has walls 0.3m high and 0.6m thick. The doorway is in the 'west' gable, but no other architectural details survive.
