The supposed site of the 'Battle of Santwat' which took place in 1098 AD. It was fought between the north and south Manxmen and is known through documentary sources.
Cowley attempted to locate the battle field at two places pointed out to him. One suggested site was in the Congary Brooghs area (circa SC 249832) and the other, his preferred site, in the field beyond the bridge on the St John's road from Kirk Patrick, on the left, adjoining Ballamoor where the road known as Barnell starts. From Cowley's description this site would be one centred at SC 247822.
The reported site of a late prehistoric hut circle. Set on a hill sloping steeply to the south, this fern-covered hut circle consists of an approximately circular scooped out hollow with a diameter of 5.0 metres, and a bank 1.4 metres wide and 0.2 metres high on the south side only. There is no trace of any stonework though stones are exposed in the north side where the soil has been scooped away.
Other features are said to have been noted in the area. Although the evidence is now rather vague, minor irregular platforms may indicate hut sites, and fragments of banks may indicate old field boundaries. The stone from the area has probably been largely removed for the construction of the surrounding modern walls. The area is split by later disused field banks.
At a place called 'The Old Sheepfold', within the fence of Greeba plantation, about 400 metres west of Boshen, are several great stones set on end which are known locally as Fratlag. Two small circles on intack east of Braid ny Boshen, northwest of the farm buildings, may mark the site of an early settlement. These were noted by Megaw but have not been seen in recent times. The area west of Boshen is thickly planted with conifers and the spot known as Fratlag is now lost.
A post-medieval house in Douglas Street, Castletown.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 large scale mapping of 1867 shows the dwelling , its outline substantially the same as today, together with its name, 'Beach House'.
Four cairns are shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in this vicinity but this is one of two which still survive today. This example is a ditchless bowl barrow with a diameter of 16.0 metres and a minimum height of 0.2 metres. It has been spread by ploughing and appears to be an earth mound rather than a stone cairn.
Kermode noted that an urn was found in one of the four cairns marked by the Ordnance Survey here. This may well be the same urn as was reported to B.R.S. Megaw in 1950 by the finder, who related that they had found and reburied the urn in 1916 (see PRN 1720.00).
Four cairns are shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in this vicinity but this is one of two which still survive today. This example is a low, indistinct mound, with no stones are exposed on its surface. It is virtually ploughed out.
Kermode noted that an urn was found in one of the four cairns marked by the Ordnance Survey here. This may well be the same urn as was reported to B.R.S. Megaw in 1950 by the finder, who related that they had found and reburied the urn in 1916 (see PRN 1720.00).
A number of 'hut dwellings', possibly representing medieval shieling mounds, have been noted in this area. They may possible correspond with hut sites recorded by Kermode (PRN 0990.00).
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill and burial ground is shown here on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The name of the keeill is lost and the foundations of the chapel seem to have been entirely removed and the area ploughed over.
It appears that the correct site of this keeill is 50 metres to the south-east of that marked by the Ordnance Survey, being about 230 metres north-west of Beary farmstead, on the skyline as seen from the road in the glen. The position of the burial ground was proved 'some years ago' by the then proprietor of Beary Farm, Mr George Smith, who found lintel graves while ploughing in this field.
P.M.C. Kermode (1855-1932) noted possible hut circles in this general area, but the exact location of these features is not known. It is possible that he was referring to shieling mounds recorded as PRN 1721 (700 metres to the east of this point) or sheiling mounds recorded as PRN 1722 (1km to the north-northeast).
The remains of a 19th century metal mining site. Surviving features include circular buddles and wooden launders (partly exposed by earlier excavations), earthwork dams and leats, the square Engine shaft or Beckwith's shaft, with attached engine house, boiler house and round chimney, at least one circular section air shaft, a powder house, the office and a crushing plant with an attached wheelcase. There was a larger wheel to lift its tail water back up for re-use.
The site of a possible Bronze Age barrow, which has been eroded by past agricultural activity. It survives as a flat topped, ditchless, irregular grass-covered mound which was originally described as being set in marshy ground. It measures 19.0 metres north to south by 13.0 metres east to west with an average height of 1.1 metres. Early sources suggest that burnt stones and soil were noted here.
A mound recorded near the avenue to Begoade house, about 35 metres to the southeast, which is a possible Bronze Age barrow. It is a partly grass covered, ditchless mound with a cart-road crossing its lower slopes in the west. Its diameter is 7.0 metres and its average height 0.3 metres. Near it are two modern dumps of road building materials and it may be another such dump.
Bronze axehead.
This Bronze Age palstave has high, cast flanges and a pronounced central rib. The haft end is damaged. The object is loaned to the Manx Museum.
The axe was reputedly found at Bellabbey, and the grid reference applies to the farmstead.
A slate disc was found during the construction of a row of bunglows along the roadside in 1967. The disc is 35mm in diameter and 3mm thick.
The field was formerly used as a fairground and is still known by the name Magher Feailley ('fair field').
The grid reference is centred on the houses.
The disc is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1967-0074.
A possible Viking burial mound recorded at Ballelby (SC 220786) Kirk Patrick. Oswald (a) notes that 'Mr Evan Gell, of Ballelby, Dalby, informs me that on digging into a mound of earth on his farm, about eight or ten years ago (i.e. about 1850), a complete human skeleton, with a halbert or battle-axe by its side, was found, and distinct traces of its haft visible, which he forbore to disturb.' The site is not known. The OS 25 inch sheet XII/1 marks a 'Tumulus' (remains of) in field 1950 which is on the adjoining property of Ballaquane, but only 150 yards from the boundary of Ballelby (SC 27 NW 4). Megaw added that a similar find from Borrane (SC 27 NW 26) may be related or identical with the Ballelby find, but due to the vagueness of the reports this could not be proved. Kermode (3) also related the Ballelby find with the tumulus (SC 27 NW 4) and also, possibly, the spear and two swords found at Glenrushen in 1810.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the 'Corner Field' at Bellellis by C.H. Cowley. 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 the 'Field Below Field Outside Long Field' at Bellellis by C.H. Cowley. 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.
