The findspot of a flint scatter of Mesolithic date including over 22 Heavy-blade or Bann type pieces, consisting of missile heads, arrowheads and a leaf-shaped arrowhead.
Also found here was a Criffel granite block measuring 25 inches by 15 inches by 5.5 inches with a basin, 4 cup hollows and beginnings of 4 others on one face.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter. It included flakes, blades and waste, as well as a pressure-flaked knife and a stone axehead fragment of apparently Lake District stone.
Neolithic urn.
A complete late Neolithic urn was recovered in 1936 from OS Field 1441. The pot was found upright, covered by slate slab, and wedged upright by a white quartz stone.
The site of an undated burial cist which was found and opened when the Board School was built here in 1876. Cinerary urns were apparently found. It has been suggested that this may however refer to the site of the old school at Kilkillane where the site of a keeill and burial ground are said to be located.
Medieval burial ground.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map records 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground' with the usual symbol locating the site.
The site lies in the grounds of Ballagawne House, which stands 50m to the west.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1868) records a substantial curved embankment to the east and south of the keeill site would appear to imply the existence of a burial ground enclosure, although no graves have ever been reported within the grounds, despite their intensive use for fruit trees and more recently as a plant nursery. The Survey recorded the bank still standing 0.6m high and up to 3m wide, and surviving for a length of 80m.
Although no graves have been found within the gardens of Ballagawne House, this is in contrast to the land immediately to the north across the highroad. Here, the proposed development in the mid 19th century of a house, on the site now occupied by 'Greenacres', led to preliminary work constructing a gateway and drive, and resulted in the discovery of 'many graves'. The work was consequently abandoned and the site was only developed much later - and with a driveway sited a substantial distance to the east.
The grid reference relates to the notional centre of a burial ground, based on the surviving remnant of the bank, and the reported discoveries across the road at 'Greenacres', rather than the Ordnance Survey symbol shown on the 1868 map.
The site of an Early Medieval burial ground is shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey together with the annotation, 'Site of Burial Ground' by the entrance to Ballagawne farm.
The site is apparently on the upper slopes of a probable natural gravel mound. It has been cut in the southeast and southwest by modern roads and on top it has been mutilated by a ruined building. No feature recognisable as a burial ground enclosure remains. Such features where they have been identified have often been classified as of the Early Medieval period, even when no direct evidence is available.
There is a complex of stone walled two storey cottages and farm buildings with slate roofs deployed around a courtyard as a continuous 'U' shaped terrace. The example photographed is typical of the plain treatment of rectangular openings in the facades - however it is the only part of the structure to have been renovated at this time. The balance of the buildings appear to be derelict but about to be up-graded in the same manner. No interior inspection has been made. There is no known historical background to this complex opposite Ballagawane House. Although the courtyard constitutes an attractive environment this would not seem to be sufficient grounds to list the grouping for preservation particularly since renovation rather than demolition seems to be the intent of the owners. Certainly individual buildings have no visible distinction.
Medieval holy well.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map records 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground' with the usual symbol locating the site.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1868) records that Feltham's description of the site in 1798 noted the existence of a spring. The text is confusing, suggesting that the spring is actually within the chapel, and the Survey instead locates it at a point midway between the site of the chapel and the modern house: this would be at c SC21556950.
The well was reportedly resorted to for the treatment of smallpox.
The site of a post-medieval horse engine at Ballagawne farm, which is shown as a circular feature to the northeast of the farm building range on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The site of a post-medieval horse engine at Ballagawne farm, which is shown as a circular feature to the northeast of the farm building range on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
