Cardle Veg Burial Ground
The site of the burial ground of an early medieval keeill or chapel site, which would have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000. It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
P.M.C. Kermode recorded the remains at a time when one wall of the keeill remained and formed part of the boundary of the haggard a little to the rear of the farmhouse here. Mr Callow, the owner, allowed Kermode to excavate inside, but no foundations or further remains were discovered. Many lintel graves have been found in the enclosure and a stone which may have been a font is kept in the haggard.
All that remains of this chapel is a turf covered glacis type bank orientated northeast to southwest. It is 10.4 m long and 0.6 m high with several stones exposed. The feature is virtually destroyed and there remains no real trace of walling and no visible trace of the burial ground enclosure.
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- Parish: Maughold
- Sheading: Garff
- Grid Ref: SC4555090150
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record