Arderry, Flaice Hill Burial Cairn
An oval cairn near the boundary line between Braddan and Onchan parishes. It is orientated northeast to southwest, measuring 21.0 metres by 10.0 metres with an average height of 0.5 metres. It is grass and fern covered with a considerable amount of fairly large stones exposed. The cairn is crossed by a wall at the southeast side beyond which there is no trace of its mound.
In the middle of the mound 3.0 metres from the northwest edge is a cist orientated northwest to southeast, lined on all sides but the northwest with stone slabs, with the southeast stone now falling inwards. The cist measures 1.6 metres lonmg and is 0.5 metres deep. The capstone has been moved to the side and measures 1.4 metres by 1.0 metres and is 0.2 metres thick.
Axeheads have been found here and a limited excavation was carried out on the cairn by A.M. Cubbon in 1975.
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- Parish: Onchan
- Sheading: Middle
- Grid Ref: SC3752083150
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record