Medieval pinfold.
The parish pinfold for Ballaugh stood on the east side of the Ballaugh river at the Dollagh. It was annotated as such on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869, and was given the OS Plot no. 0871, centred at the grid reference provided.
In 1940 the pinfold was described as 26 feet square, with its entrance in the centre of the north wall. The entrance was marked by two jamb-stones standing over 5 feet tall, and 15 inches broad. No lintel survived at this time.
The pinfold has since been demolished and only the line of its south wall is apparent, marked by a length of hedge.
Each parish was responsible for the maintenance and repair of its own pinfold. Their origins are uncertain although an early statute of 1422 confirms that the customary laws relating to their maintenance and use were already well established.
A crouched inhumation burial was found in the 19th century within a cist, thought to be of Bronze Age date and probably within a denuded barrow. The burial was found on the Rectory Glebe about 100 metres north of the old church.
A cist within the outline of a surrounding circle was reportedly found in 1877 on the Rectory Glebe about 100 metres north of the old church. It was recorded as a short cist with crouched inhumation burial. There is no visible trace of a barrow, cist or retaining circle in an area now.
A fragment of a Viking sword consisting of the hilt and part of the blade (0429.10) and an iron spear-head (0429.20) were dug up here in 1824 from a depth of approximately 2 metres deep in gravel in the village of Ballaugh. It is thought probable that the deposit represents a burial in a low barrow.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated as 'Ballaughton Mill (Flour)'.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a watermill at this location, annotated as 'Ballaughton Mill (Flour)'.
The building is still standing, though much altered.
Modern weir.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a weir at this location on the River Dhoo, from which water was drawn off to power Ballaughton Mill.
The weir still exists.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a 180m leat leading water from the River Dhoo to power Ballaughton Mill.
Parts of the leat still survive to the north of the main road to Castletown.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a water mill at this location, annotated as 'T. Mill'.
The mill has been demolished, the site cleared and returned to agriculture.
Modern millpond.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 depicts a water mill at this location, annotated as 'T. Mill'.
The millpond lay to the north of the threshing mill, contained behind a dam along its southern side. The millpond was fed from a spring just a few metres to the north.
The size of the pond has been substantially reduced and the dam is no longer apparent; water is directed southwards towards the Middle River by way of field drains.
A small-scale emergency excavation of a flat-bottomed ditch at Ballavair by Garrad in 1984-85 revealed evidence of Iron Age habitation. Fieldwalking produced stone pounders and flints from the vicinity, but these were thought to be of early prehistoric date (PRN 0376.10).
A flint scatter consisting of 26 flints, which include cores, waste flakes and unworked nodules. They were collected by a donor from Ballavaish Beg, German. They were found in the field numbered 1275 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, from an area to the east of the centre of the field.
The location of a prehistoric funerary site, where a funerary urn was found. It was located in the field numbered 1412 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map by William Cubbon.
The site of the burial ground of an early medieval keeill or chapel, which would have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000. Its location is marked on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, on the lawned area to the north of the mansion of Ballavale.
It is thought that the 1870 Ordnance Survey map may be incorrect, as it is said that the keeill and burial ground may lie closer to, or beneath, Ballavale House, because lintel graves of early medieval type were found when the foundations of the present house were excavated.
The name of the keeill is lost, and there is no further memory of it.
The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel, which would have been in use between circa AD500 and circa AD1000. Its location is marked on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, on the lawned area to the north of the mansion of Ballavale.
It is thought that the 1870 Ordnance Survey map may be incorrect, as it is said that the keeill and burial ground may lie closer to, or beneath, Ballavale House, because lintel graves of early medieval type were found when the foundations of the present house were excavated.
The name of the keeill is lost, and there is no further memory of it. A stone basin from the keeill, thought to have been a font, but more likely a knocking-stone for bruising barley, was presented by Mr Martin to the Manx Museum.
