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Gretch Ridge, Bulnallow Burial Mound
Archaeology
A much mutilated, ditchless, gorse covered bowl barrow with an average diameter of 16.0 metres and height of 1.0 metre. It is crossed in the east by a wall beyond which it has been ploughed out.
Canon Quine in the early 20th century discovered the central cist of four slate slabs on the top of the barrow. The cist is orientated east to west with a stone slab lining and a broken capstone. It is 1.0 metre long by 0.7 metres wide by 0.6 metres deep. It was found to contain a decorated food vessel about 13 centimetres in diameter at the top, 11.5 centimetres high and 6.5 centimetres diameter at the base. No burial appears to have been found in the cist although one is assumed to have existed.
Gretch Ridge, Bulnallow, Laxey
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- Parish: Lonan
- Sheading: Garff
- Grid Ref: SC4425085410
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record