Ballafurt Burial Ground
The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel, which would have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000. It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, by when the site is likely to have already been largely ploughed down.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) only briefly refers to the site, stating that it was “still remembered”. The brevity of the note is such that it is not clear whether it was the building and cemetery, or their location, that was still recalled in the early decades of the 20th century. The Ordnance Survey does however record that “numbers of stone-lined graves containing human bones have been turned up by the plough”, quoting the authority of four named individuals.
The field in which the site lay is now under agricultural use.
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- Parish: Santon
- Sheading: Middle
- Grid Ref: SC3114070690
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record