Roundhouse. This neatly formed stone building, constructed using several large stones, is about 6m in diameter and by size would appear to be a small Bronze or Iron Age hutcircle. Its coastal location and isolation are unusual.
The site of Bronze Age barrow. The burial cist and some urns and evidence of a cremation burial were found in the barrow when it was excavated by A.M Cubbon.
Neolithic Ronaldsway material has been found in the same field.
A mound composed mainly of rock outcrops in which some digging has taken place. It is 4 to 6 metres in diameter and 1.2 metres high. In quarrying to make the wall that passes over the mound, a cinerary urn was exposed. Dr Tellet visited the mound in 1883, which had been cut in half by the workmen, and removed the broken inverted urn, evidently filled with cremated bones. The urn is of the Ronaldsway Neolithic type and its fragments now in Manx Museum.
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age burial mound which measures 4.8 metres in diameter and 1.6 metres high. The site was excavated in 1933 when a crushed urn was discovered within the mound, inverted over a stone slab and covered by layers of soil, stones and a further layer of soil below the modern turf.
The site of the now lost "Cronk Elliot" which was thought to have been a Bronze Age barrow. It was destroyed by coastal erosion before 1945. It was one of the places from which people watched the famous sea battle of 1760 when the British commander Elliot defeated Thurot.
The findspot of a flint scatter of early prehistoric date which includes a spearhead found by Cowley and kept in the Cowley Collection at the Manx Museum (No. 81).
A barrow cemetery consisting of three separate round barrows or bowl barrows.
The three barrows are situated on a ridge top and are now grass-covered, ditchless mounds. PRN0857.00/A measures 15.0 metres east to west, 19.0 metres north to south by 0.7 metres high and has some small stones on the surface; PRN0857.00/B measures 13.0 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high, again with stones on the surface; PRN0857.00/C measures 17.0 metres in diameter by 0.6 metres high.
Mound C was subject to archaeological excavation by the University of Leicester, and Newcastle University in 2017 and a cist, a collared urn and a number of flint artefacts, all of Bronze Age type, were found.
Human remains from a burial site of antiquity have been reported from Cronk Guckly, but their date is not known. It is not known if the discovery is associated with the Bronze Age round barrows at Cronk Guckley (PRN 0857.00) or an urn reportedly found in a sandpit near the barrows, in the field numbered 984 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map (noted by Crelling & Fowler on page 6 of their 2017 report on the Cronk Guckley excavation).
One of three barrows in a cemetery group consisting of three separate round barrows or bowl barrows in a ridge top position. Each are now grass-covered, ditchless mounds. PRN0857.00/A measures 15.0 metres east to west, 19.0 metres north to south by 0.7 metres high and has some small stones on the surface.
One of three barrows in a cemetery group consisting of three separate round barrows or bowl barrows in a ridge top position. Each are now grass-covered, ditchless mounds.
PRN0857.00/B measures 13.0 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high, with stones on the surface.
One of three barrows in a cemetery group consisting of three separate round barrows or bowl barrows in a ridge top position. Each are now grass-covered, ditchless mounds.
PRN 0857.00/C measures 17.0 metres in diameter by 0.6 metres high. It was subject to archaeological excavation by the University of Leicester and Newcastle University in 2017 and a cist, a collared urn and a number of flint artefacts, all of Bronze Age type, were found.
Medieval motte.
The site is known variously as Cronk Howe Mooar, Cronk Mooar, Cronk y Moar and Fairy Hill.
It is a steep-sided oval mound measuring 50m NW-SE by 42m NE-SW, and standing almost 10m high. A spur of raised ground extends to the east of the mound, curving round to the north-east and petering out.
When surveyed by the Ordnance Survey in 1868, a ditch was apparent for much of the circumference of the mound, which was up to 10m wide. For the most part it is now less pronounced, but still clearly separates the mound from its spur to the east. It has been suggested that the mound, the ditch and even the spur have been affected by landscaping connected with the former operation of a golfcourse.
Excavations in 1912 by Kermode and Herdman suggested that the mound itself was natural, and found a structure on its summit. The origins of the mound have since been called into question and it is now thought to be largely artificial, though its location may take advantage of a slight underlying natural hillock; the heavy clay soil undoubtedly enhances the defensibility of the site.
Investigation of the summit showed that there was a roughly central rectilinear structure sunken in the centre of the mound. This measured 5.5 by 3m internally, and was revetted inside by orthostats and roughly coursed walling. The edge of the summit was crowned by a low rampart which provided the actual means of defence. Apart from a single iron implement (possibly a knife), no artefacts were recovered which could provide an accurate date for the site.
The spur lying to the east of the mound was not investigated. It may represent the fragmentary remains of a bailey - some of the surrounding field boundaries may conceivably indicate the remainder of the bailey enclosure - or the much reduced vestiges of a ramp leading towards the summit. Some kind of bridge, since lost, may have spanned the ditch.
Since Kermode and Herdman's excavations, attention has been drawn to the record in the Chronicle of the Kings of Man and the Isles that Magnus, king of Norway, who visited in 1098, erected forts and imported timber for the purpose. In the context of this reference, it seems natural to suggest that Magnus may have left behind at least one motte of normal 11th or early 12th century character. Following his excavations at Ballagawne, Gerhard Bersu suggested that the stone structure on the summit might be a defended granary similar to the building he uncovered at the Cashtal.
The conjectured site of a burial ground associated with an early medieval keeill or chapel believed to exist at Cronk Keeill Traie (Hill of the Keeill by the Strand). The site has long been ploughed over and no information regarding the keeill could be found. A stone, thought to have been taken from its burial ground, has been kept at Cronkbrec house nearby.
Traces of reddened soil, iron slag and charcoal (but no pottery) similar to that found at the medieval iron smelting site at Ballavarry, was found in 1983 at Cronk Keeill Traie. The site is thought very suitable for a furnace, being well exposed to the prevailing wind.
Traces of reddened soil, iron slag and charcoal (but no pottery) similar to that found at the medieval iron smelting site at Ballavarry, was found in 1983 at Cronk Keeill Traie. The site is thought very suitable for a furnace, being well exposed to the prevailing wind.
Traces of reddened soil, iron slag and charcoal (but no pottery) similar to that found at the medieval iron smelting site at Ballavarry, was found in 1983 at Cronk Keeill Traie.
A natural hill of sand and gravel at this location rises some 15 metres above sea-level. It is known as Cronk Keeill Traie (Hill of the Keeill by the Strand). The site has long been ploughed over and no information regarding the keeill could be found.
A natural hill of sand and gravel at this location rises some 15 metres above sea-level. It is known as Cronk Keeill Traie (Hill of the Keeill by the Strand). The site has long been ploughed over and no information regarding the keeill could be found.
A natural hill of sand and gravel at this location rises some 15 metres above sea-level. It is known as Cronk Keeill Traie (Hill of the Keeill by the Strand). The site has long been ploughed over and no information regarding the keeill could be found.
A damaged burial mound at this location has been interpreted as an Early Medieval Viking burial site.
The flat topped, bramble covered barrow measures 17.0 metres from northwest to southeast and is 2.0 metres high to the northwest side. The southwest half of the mound has been destroyed by a post-medieval farm lane which has cut through the monument. By its topographical situation and size Megaw considered it to be a probable Viking Burial Mound.
Neolithic Ronaldsway type pottery has been found in the mound, but interpreted as having been "probably scooped up into the mound, and of no significance for classification of the mound." Nevertheless, it is possible that the mound represents a prehistoric funerary monument.
A damaged burial mound at this location has been interpreted as an Early Medieval Viking burial site. Neolithic Ronaldsway type pottery has been found in the mound, but interpreted as having been "probably scooped up into the mound, and of no significance for classification of the mound."
The flat topped, bramble covered barrow measures 17.0 m from northwest to southeast and is 2.0 m high to the northwest side. The southwest half of the mound has been destroyed by a post-medieval farm lane which has cut through the monument. By its topographical situation and size Megaw considered it to be a probable Viking Burial Mound. Nevertheless, it is possible that the mound represents a prehistoric funerary monument.
