Modern mill tail race. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Flour Mill'. The mill stands just a few metres from the Ballaugh stream, but was powered from a millpond excavated alongside the watercourse. The millpond extends as far as the gable of the mill, where the wheel was located. The tail race, some 125m in length, carries water back to the stream; about one quarter of its length is shown culverted under the farmyard on the OS mapping. The tail race rejoined the stream at SC3447593635. The grid reference provided marks the midpoint of its route for indicative purposes. The tail race is largely infilled.

Prehistoric flint scatter. A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field which he refered to as the '3 o'Clock Field'. The site has not been positively re-identified, but may possibly lie in OS Field no. 1123. In the absence of definite information, 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a site which he identified as 'Ballacross Curragh'. The site has not been identified and the grid reference therefore 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 prehistoric stone axehead was recovered from Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a site he identified as the 'Edge of Pond in front of House'. The precise location has not been positively identified, but may refer to the pool (possibly a flooded clay or marl pit) at OS Field nos 2014 and 2015. In the absence of a certain identification of the findspot, 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field he described as the 'Field, End of Lane Left Side'. It is possible that this refers to OS Field no 1970, but in the absence of a positive identification, 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field he identified as the 'Field next to 3 o'Clock Field'. In the absence of a positive identification, 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field which he refered to as the 'Field opposite Kennish's Cottage'. In the absence of a positive identification of the field, 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field which he described as the 'Field opposite the Court'. The Court is an earthwork site located at SC26738445; OS Field no. 1106 would fit the description given by Cowley, who also describes a site in the 'Field West of Court Field' three years earlier (see PRN 3054), but in the absence of a positive identification 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field which he names as the 'Field West of Court Field'. The Court is an earthwork site located at SC26738445; OS Field no. 1106 would fit the description given by Cowley, who also describes a site in the 'Field opposite the Court' three years later (see PRN 3053), but in the absence of a positive identification 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 Ballacross by CH Cowley, from a field which he named 'Margher Tree Er y Chlag'. This would appear to be the same as the 'Three o'Clock Field' (see PRN 3046), provisionally identified as OS Field no. 1123. In the absence of a positive identification, 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.

A fine, pressure-flaked, tanged missile head found at Ballacross, Arbory. The artefact measures 90mm overall, and may possibly be exotic, although Neolithic pottery has reportedly also been found on the farm. The artefact is only located to the landholding, and no further information is known. The grid reference is centred on the farmstead. The artefact is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1954-0629.

Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cists and pottery were discovered here when the site was ploughed by the owner J.G. Moore. The site was examined by Canon Kewley on behalf of the Manx Archaeological Survey Committee and a Neolithic Ronaldsway vessel was identified. Kermode referred to the find-spot as 'a field about 166 yards NW of house'. The pottery appears to have been a single round-headed 'cinerary urn of Clark's 'Ultimate Bronze Age' culture re-classified as Ronaldsway. It is kept at the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1954-0568.

A cropmark of unknown significance seen on aerial photographs.

A findspot of early prehistoric stone and flint artefacts recorded by Cowley. They include an anvil, a hammerstone, a polishing stone, two spearheads, an arrowhead, and a scraper. The finds are in the Cowley Collection at the Manx Museum.

A flint scatter of Mesolithic date.

Early prehistoric flints collected by G. Clementson. Their specific findspots are not recorded but they are localised as a group to Ballacross Farm.

A flint scatter of Mesolithic date.

A scatter of Mesolithic 'Bann' flints found at Ballacross.

Prehistoric flint scatter. A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from 'Ballacross Sandpit' by CH Cowley, from the 'Sandpit'. The description would seem to refer to OS Field no. 2006, which is 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.

A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the 'Glebe Field' by C.H. Cowley.  The name appears to be used interchangeably the fields numbered 1125 and 1974 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.  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.

The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints.

The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints.

The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints.

Bronze Age pottery. A round-based Bronze Age cinerary urn was found in 1935 while digging a drain in the pathway leading to a house at Colby Beg (now Ballacubbon farmhouse). The artefact is now in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1954-3517.

The site of a post-medieval fulling mill.