The possible site of an early medieval keeill or chapel. The remains of stone walling, thought to belong to a keeill site, was discovered circa 1868 during farming excavations in a field by the high road and nearly opposite 'the Gate'. A low mound, not marked on Ordnance Survey plans, indicated the position but when Kermode visited the site (circa 1918) the field was under crop and further digging was not permissible.
Three Neolithic stone axeheads of probable Ronaldsway type have been found at Ballavell. These are now held at the Manx Museum (Accession numbers quoted 1954-2792, 1954-2881 and 1954-2882). The group may indicate a Neolithic settlement was located in the vicinity.
Worked Mesolithic flints were found at Ballavoddan, Malew during the 1920s. Four collections were gathered by a Mr A.E. Balmer and given to the Manx Museum between 1926 and 1929. All of the material is late Meolithic (heavy-bladed) character.
The precise location from where the flints were gathered is not known, and the grid reference is centred on the farmstead.
The flints are in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession nos. 1954-2325; 1954-2379; 1954-2611, and 1954-2808.
