Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Orrisdale Head by CH Cowley.
The description is quite general and the grid reference provided refers to the coastline in this area as it was at the time of his discoveries. On another occasion Cowley recovered finds from the 'Michael Brooghs - Ballaugh', implying that he prospected along the eroding cliffs on more than one occasion (see PRN 3374).
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 half buried stone which looks as though it has fallen. Its sides are exposed and it is 0.8 metres long by 0.8 metres and 0.5 metres. It may be a fallen standing stone.
Folk Life Survey Air photos show a large circular cropmark which looks like a round house site. The site falls at the bottom of a slight valley on a northeast to southwest axis. The field was partly under the plough and partly under root crops when visited and no certain traces of a round house could be determined. Vague hollows and mounds that existed were thought to be part of the general unevenness of the field.
A possible circular enclosure is discernable on the 2006 Google Earth aerial photograph, measuring circa 75 metres in diameter.
This broken slab was recovered when the previous church was demolished in the 1840s. It dates to the second half of the 10th century, on the basis of the ring-chain pattern shown on the cross shaft. A badly worn runic inscription runs up one edge and translates as, "but Asruthr carved these runes" The other edge bears curved, diagonal marks which are abstract and meaningless.
This cross-fragment was found at the old church of St John's when it was dismantled in the mid-19th century in advance of the construction of the present building. It is the lower part of the shaft of a high cross and displays a ring-chain pattern. There is also has a runic inscription along one edge, which says "but Osruth carved these runes." A cast of the fragment is kept at the Manx Museum (No.107).
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Peel by CH Cowley, from 'Paddy's Well'.
The description may possibly refer to St Patrick's well, which lay on Station Road (once Well Brow). The precise location of the well is not now known, and the grid reference relates to the midpoint on the road 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.
There is evidence of a Neolithic settlement of Ronaldsway type at this location, thought trial excavations by Dr Larch S. Garrad found no definite evidence of the settlement. Subsequent ploughing in March 1987 did reveal further evidence of Neolithic occupation however.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Patrick Church by CH Cowley, from the 'Field Behind Patrick Church'.
This would appear to relate to the eastern portion of OS Field no. 0166, which is centred at the grid reference provided for indicative purposes.
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.
