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.
This circular earthwork mound measures about 35m in diameter. It is surrounded by a ditch which is now more obvious as a cropmark than it was at the time of the Ordnance Survey in the late 1860s, but was shown by excavation to be up to 12m wide. The SE side is obscured by a field boundary, which curves slightly in respect. The site was traditionally known as the Round Table, but excavation by Gerhard Bersu in 1942-43, and subsequent reporting published in 1977, established the site's name as Ballanorris.
Bersu's investigations revealed a single circular building with a substantial 6-8m wide earth and stone outer bank for a wall and a roof supported on roughly circular concentric rings of timber posts, which also served to define spaces within the structure. There was a central hearth and a doorway facing SSW covered by a timber framed porch or entrance-way leading through the substantial outer bank or wall. The building was roofed with turf.
Reinvestigation by Harold Mytum (Centre for Manx Studies, University of Liverpool) in 2011 suggests that the outer bank was a separate defensible structure, crowned by a palisade near the top of its inward slope, and that the concentric posts supported a raised timber floor on which was built a single timber roundhouse of a diameter of perhaps 12m. Mytum also suggests that the entrance 'porch' may in fact represent a defensible timber gateway structure with a wooden tower above. Soil analysis further suggests that the site might initially have been used to pen livestock before being converted for domestic use.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
The paper mill was bought by Charles Litt in 1885. His family ran a tannery in Douglas, and the site was developed for rendering animal carcasses and processing animal waste. The operation ceased in the 1990s.
Modern weir.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
The mill was powered by water drawn from the River Glass via a weir and leat.
The weir no longer exists and has been replaced by a modern weir and fish-pass.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
A leat, controlled by a sluice at the point the water was drawn off from the River Glass, brought water 300m to the mill, terminating in a small millpond. Apart from the last few metres, the leat is still fully visible.
The grid reference refers to the midpoint of the leat, for reference purposes.
Modern overflow leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
The mill was protected by an overflow sluice and leat some 30m north of the mill building, which joined the tail race. It has been infilled.
The grid reference refers to the former location of the overflow sluice.
Modern tail race.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
A tail race led water 130m back to the River Glass. Parts of the race are still apparent.
The grid reference refers to the former position of the outflow of the tail race.
Medieval chapel; Bronze Age burial mound.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows the site of a chapel at this location, together with the annotation, 'Chapel (Site of)'. The OS places a marker in the corner of a field (OS Field no. 1353) which it names Chapel Field.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described the site as a mound some 10m in diameter and almost 3m high 'which is said to be the site of the Keeill'. The Survey's investigation resulted in a trench 1.8m wide across the mound from north to south. Although large and smaller boulders were met with, together with smaller field stones, the Survey found it hard to identify structural remains.
A concentration of stone at the centre of the mound was thought to indicate walling, but 'it was nowhere continuous, and if it had been built as such (one or two stones apparently set in courses), the largest and best stones had been removed.' Adjacent to this, however, was an area of thin slabs which extended for a distance of almost 3m, which was thought to prepresent paving. This area was also tested to see if in fact they were the covering slabs of lintel graves, but this turned out not to be the case.
No evidence was found to indicate any burial activity of either Christian or Bronze Age date, such as might have created a burial mound. The Survey noted, however, that the east side of the mound was revetted by coursed walling.
The mound is now somewhat reduced by modern farming activity, and the nearby field boundaries, which historically provided it with a measure of protection from agricultural progress, have been grubbed out.
Medieval chapel.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows the site of a chapel at this location, together with the annotation, 'Chapel (Site of)'. The OS places a marker in the corner of a field (OS Field no. 1353) which it names Chapel Field.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described the site as a mound some 10m in diameter and almost 3m high 'which is said to be the site of the Keeill'. The Survey's investigation resulted in a trench 1.8m wide across the mound from north to south. Although large and smaller boulders were met with, together with smaller field stones, the Survey found it hard to identify structural remains.
A concentration of stone at the centre of the mound was thought to indicate walling, but 'it was nowhere continuous, and if it had been built as such (one or two stones apparently set in courses), the largest and best stones had been removed.' Adjacent to this, however, was an area of thin slabs which extended for a distance of almost 3m, which was thought to prepresent paving. This area was also tested to see if in fact theywere the covering slabs of lintel graves, but this turned out not to be the case.
The mound is now somewhat reduced by modern farming activity, and the nearby field boundaries, which historically provided it with a measure of protection from agricultural progress, have been grubbed out.
Bronze Age burial mound.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows the site of a chapel at this location, together with the annotation, 'Chapel (Site of)'. The OS places a marker in the corner of a field (OS Field no. 1353) which it names Chapel Field.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described the site as a mound some 10m in diameter and almost 3m high 'which is said to be the site of the Keeill'. The Survey's investigation resulted in a trench 1.8m wide across the mound from north to south. Although large and smaller boulders were met with, together with smaller field stones, the Survey found it hard to identify structural remains.
No evidence was found to indicate any burial activity of either Christian or Bronze Age date, such as might have created a burial mound. The Survey noted, however, that the east side of the mound was revetted by coursed walling, reminiscent of other burial mounds of this period.
The mound is now somewhat reduced by modern farming activity, and the nearby field boundaries, which historically provided it with a measure of protection from agricultural progress, have been grubbed out.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
Prior to the paper mill, a corn mill existed on the site from at least the 17th century.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated 'Woodside Mill (Paper)'.
The paper mill was in operation from the early 19th century.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the vicinity of Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from 'Myrneen in garden' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 ‘Quarry Field’ near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 Ballaquane by CH Cowley, from the 'Field Behind Cowley Terrace'.
The description relates to OS Field no. 0885, 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballaquane by CH Cowley, from 'The Turrets garden'.
The house is located 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 'Brewery Field' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 'F. Keigs Field' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 'Field Behind Garden' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 'Field Behind Laughton's Garden' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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.
Modern horsewalk.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a horsewalk at this location. The barn to which it was attached, located to the immediate north, still survives (or has been replaced on the same footprint), but the circular platform itself appears to have been removed to make way for a more recent outbuilding.
