Cabbal ny Cooilley
The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel which is thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and circa AD1000. The site is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The foundations of the keeill have been measured at 9.2 metres by 3.6 metres internally. An entrance is in the west but no trace of an altar was found. In the southeast corner is a hole 1.0 metre deep in which is an upright stone pillar 0.8 metres high by 0.4 metres by 0.2 metres. The keeill building stood within a raised enclosure which had an external diameter of some 23 metres.
The remains of this chapel with its burial ground enclosure stand an average of 1.0 metre above the surrounding ground. Outside the enclosure is a distinct ring, circa 27 metres in diameter and slightly raised.
Kermode was refused permission to excavate here in 1910-11. A fragment of a granite saddle quern has been found at the base of the keeill mound.
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- Parish: Bride
- Sheading: Ayre
- Grid Ref: SC4396099780
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record