A pebble of dark igneous rock found in a ploughed field below Chapel Hill. The location appears to indicate the field to the north-west of the hilltop, and the grid reference reflects this. The stone appears to have been used for rubbing or smoothing, and measures 65 x 50 x 25mm. The stone is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1984-0226.

A circular depression 0.4m deep and 7m in diameter is apparent at this point. Excavation in 1918 revealed an extended burial orientated EW in a rock-cut grave. It is not clear whether the depression results from the excavation or was previously apparent.

White quartz pebble found while excavating skeleton at Balladoole, 21 September 1932.

White quartz pebble found while excavating skeleton at Balladoole, 21 September 1932.

A skeleton was excavated at Balladoole, 21 September 1932. A white quartz pebble found during the excavation.

A stone-lined cist orientated NW-SE lies near the northern edge of the hilltop. It is exposed at the surface, but sunk 0.1m below ground level, and there is no trace of either a capstone or mound. The cist measures 0.6 by 0.4m internally, and the lining slabs are 0.4m high and 0.1m thick. Fragmentary remains of human bone were found within the cist, which was evidently disturbed in antiquity and had an upper fill consisting of later occupation debris. Two deposits of cremated human bone were found just a metre from the cist, one to the north and the other to the SE. The former made use of a fissure in the underlying bedrock, and also included the burnt remains of a bone pin. The excavator suggested that all three features were once protected by an overlying mound, and remarked that the cremations were probably secondary to the cist, but that it could not be ascertained how much later they were added.

The earliest antiquarian investigations of Chapel Hill, reported by the Archaeological Commissioners in 1878, describe the presence of graves around Keeill Vael, and excavations centred on the keeill in 1918 and the ship burial in 1944-45 also found burials. The 1918 investigations took the opportunity of excavating narrow trenches across the hilltop and the encircling banks, and recovered further evidence of burials some distance from the keeill. The excavation of the ship burial at the east end of the hilltop by Gerhard Bersu showed that the ship had been placed above a cemetery of lintel graves, and suggested that some of the burials might have been quite recent at the time the ship was moved into position. This has led to suggestions that the cemetery was deliberately slighted, but there is no clear evidence for this assumption.

A scatter of Mesolithic worked flints was found during the excavation of Chapel Hill in the 1940s by G. Bersu. It would appear that collection of the artefacts was not restricted to the area of the excavation itself, and the grid reference is therefore only centred on the hilltop for indicative purposes.

The findspot for a microlithic flint blade.

A microlithic flint blade of Mesolithic date from Chapel Hill.

A scatter of flints found in the "ring field" and thought to be of early prehistoric date.

The findspot of a scatter of worked flints of early prehistoric date.

A broken, flint, heavy-blade, from the field below Chapel Hill. A 37 mm long fragment of the blade survives.

The summit of Chapel Hill is protected by a weak peripheral bank, giving it the character of a defended hilltop (0.38ha, 0.95acres). For the most part the bank has an internal height of just 0.4m, whilst externally it measures 1.4m. Despite its apparently insubstantial nature, where investigated the bank has been found to contain a large amount of stone. At the eastern end, where Gerhard Bersu's excavations were focussed in 1944-45 - with the original intention of investigating the supposed hillfort - two pairs of large, rock-cut postholes were discovered, leading to the belief that there was, in fact, an entrance of some kind at this point. No finds have been made of Iron or late Bronze Age date to confirm that the hilltop actually served as a hilltop refuge in either of those periods. The bank is especially weak at the western end, perhaps indicating another entrance centred at SC2462068190. A short earthwork extends approximately 10m in a SSW direction beyond the enclosing bank from a point south of the chapel at SC2463068154, though whether this is intended as some kind of defensive outwork or a boundary is not clear.

The remains of two curved walls are apparent extending 6-7m roughly WNW-ESE, and on the basis of their form have been interpreted as representing a Norse longhouse. Bersu's excavations in 1944-45 did not extend to the investigation of the interior, the nearest trench being located immediately to the east.

Charcoal sample, flitter shells, crustacean claw and dogfish vertebra collected by P.M.C. Kermode in 1918 * check location of Kermode excavations

Substantial habitation deposits and many apparently haphazardly placed post-holes, suggesting substantial wooden buildings, were found in the process of excavation by Bersu in 1944-45. It has generally been assumed that these were probably contemporary with the hilltop enclosure bank, but the stratigraphic relationship between the building and the bank is not clear.

Charcoal sample, flitter shells, crustacean claw and dogfish vertebra collected by P.M.C. Kermode in 1918.

The ship burial lay at the eastern end of the hilltop and its position is now marked by a boat-shaped arrangement of white stones forming a kerb around a low mound. The mound was significantly larger before excavation in 1944-45, which led to an expectation that it formed part of the defences of a hillfort. None of the ship's timbers survived and instead a spread of 300 or so iron nails defined the outline of the vessel, suggesting a ship 11 metres long. The burial lies at the highest point of the hill, with clear views out to sea. Some of the stones within the burial cairn had been placed so as to support the mast or a substantial post, which would have drawn further attention to the burial. Within the ship were found the remains of a man and his grave goods. These included a bronze ring-headed pin and a gilded belt buckle. There were also iron knives, a flint strike-a-light, and an iron cauldron. The most spectacular items, however, were a collection of riding gear, including a bridle, stirrups and spurs with ornamental buckles. There was also a shield, but no sword. The burial was completed with the cremated remains of animals representing the dead man's domestic possessions - his land and livestock - apparently sacrificed so that they could accompany him in the afterlife.

Worked flints found in the course of Bersu's 1944-45 excavations indicate that the hilltop attracted occupation or activity during both the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, c.8000-4000BP (Grid reference centred on Bersu's excavation areas).

The Chapel of Remembrance was given to Braddan Church and to the Braddan branch of the Royal British Legion by Mrs Kirkpatrick of Douglas, in memory of her son William George Kirkpatrick, Lt. in the 5th Ghurka Rifles. He died on 5 July 1943.

Single storey, double-fronted thatched cottage, originally constructed before 1868 (present on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st edition map of that date). Acquired by the Manx Museum and National Trust in 1950. The structure is maintained as a ruin.

The site of a post-medieval horse walk at the now abandoned Chester farm. The circle of the horsewalk appears to be shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.

The Manx Archaeological Survey refers to an area of wet ground to the north of the site of the keeill, close to the footpath. This would seem to be centred at SC19766999, and may relate to the holy well or spring, Chibber Ballacreie, recorded by Gill (1929, A Manx Scrapbook).