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Ballagilley Keeill

Archaeology

The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel site, which would have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000. The keeill was located in a field about 150 metres west of the highroad to Douglas and north of the old Hibernian Inn, at about 173 metres above sea level, in the field numbered as Plot No. 615 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.


Lintel graves have been found and there is a tradition that a former owner named Lowey removed the last of the keeill walls. A fragment of a Scandinavian cross-slab carved with a boar was found in this graveyard.

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: Maughold
  • Sheading: Garff
  • Grid Ref: SC4595091610

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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