Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballanayre by CH Cowley, from the 'Fourth Field by Well'.
The location appears to refer to OS Field no. 0501, 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 concentration of Neolithic Ronaldsway type worked flints has been collected across the fields of Ballanayre Farm. The upper fields, the fields numbered on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as 221, 496 (PRN 0911.10), 499 (PRN 0911.20), 501 (PRN 0911.40) and 578 (PRN 0911.30) contain a major concentration of Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' material, presumably an extension of the Knocksharry 'camp-site' (PRN 0906.20).
A stone axe was found on the surface of the 'third field' (field 499?), which is now held in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1971-0210/39.
A concentration of Neolithic Ronaldsway type worked flints has been collected across the fields of Ballanayre Farm. The upper fields, the fields numbered on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as 221, 496 (PRN 0911.10), 499 (PRN 0911.20), 501 (PRN 0911.40) and 578 (PRN 0911.30) contain a major concentration of Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' material, presumably an extension of the Knocksharry 'camp-site' (PRN 0906.20).
A stone axe was found on the surface of the 'third field' (field 499?), which is now held in the Manx Museum, Accession No 1971-0210/39.
A concentration of Neolithic Ronaldsway type worked flints has been collected across the fields of Ballanayre Farm. The upper fields, the fields numbered on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as 221, 496 (PRN 0911.10), 499 (PRN 0911.20), 501 (PRN 0911.40) and 578 (PRN 0911.30) contain a major concentration of Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' material, presumably an extension of the Knocksharry 'camp-site' (PRN 0906.20).
A stone axe was found on the surface of the 'third field' (field 499?), which is now held in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1971-0210/39.
A concentration of Neolithic Ronaldsway type worked flints has been collected across the fields of Ballanayre Farm. The upper fields, the fields numbered on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as 221, 496 (PRN 0911.10), 499 (PRN 0911.20), 501 (PRN 0911.40) and 578 (PRN 0911.30) contain a major concentration of Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' material, presumably an extension of the Knocksharry 'camp-site' (PRN 0906.20).
A stone axe was found on the surface of the 'third field' (field 499?), which is now held in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1971-0210/39.
A concentration of Neolithic Ronaldsway type worked flints has been collected across the fields of Ballanayre Farm. The upper fields, the fields numbered on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as 221, 496 (PRN 0911.10), 499 (PRN 0911.20), 501 (PRN 0911.40) and 578 (PRN 0911.30) contain a major concentration of Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' material, presumably an extension of the Knocksharry 'camp-site' (PRN 0906.20).
A stone axe was found on the surface of the 'third field' (field 499?), which is now held in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1971-0210/39.
Defensive earthwork. The site consists of a steep sided, flat topped, irregular shaped, artificial knoll. It is cut away from the high ground to the north-east by a deep ditch and trench and protected on the south-west by boggy ground and a watercourse. It has variously been referred to as a Tumulus, a fort called The Castle, a Norman motte - the lower court or bailey of which has supposedly been obliterated - and an inland pre-Viking fort. Another suggestion is that the site held the residence of an important landowner and was of a defensive character.
It is 10-11m in diameter and stands 2.7m above the ground to the east and 5-6m above the stream to the west. It is grass and gorse bush-covered so no stonework can be seen. A ditch, averaging 6m wide and 2.5m deep, survives to the south and south-east and possibly continued around its east and north sides but has now been filled in by adjacent cultivation soil. It is unlikely that a ditch would have been required on the west side where the natural watercourse makes it unnecessary. Partial excavation of the interior revealed half the plan of a circular timber house, about 10.5m in diameter. This would have occupied most of the summit of the mound.
The site of a chapel and burial ground. This keeill is thought to date to the period A.D. 500-1000, but all traces of the keeill have disappeared. The Object Name Book of about 1866 (Ordnance Survey, ONB destroyed in 1940) stated that 'James Clague of Ballanorris removed from a small eminence on the farm the foundations of a small building known as an old chapel, and at the same time removed a dilapidated stone fence enclosing the above, in the interior of which were stone-lined graves containing human remains. The field is known as 'The Keeilley'. No date of demolition is known but an excursion in 1893 mentioned that although no trace of the keeill could be seen, ploughing earlier in that year uncovered some foundations, evidently built with lime-mortar. This observation places the building in the late keeill period. The site was visited by Bruce in 1963-64. The name 'Chapel Field' is currently applied to the site which is under regular cultivation. There are no surface remains of any kind.
The findspot of a concave bull-nosed scraper.
A flat-topped mound is also described here, measuring 20 metres in diameter and 0.60 metres high, surrounded by a broad ditch.
