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Ballachrink, Lonan Burial Cairn

Archaeology

The remains of a possible Neolithic chambered cairn.  It is situated in a wedge-shaped area of uncultivated ground alongside a substantial turf and stone boundary dyke which appears to partly overlie the cairn on its east side. It is severely mutilated and overgrown by gorse and bracken but appears to be a round cairn with the possible remains of a cist or chamber, represented by three contiguous stones protruding through the turf slightly off centre on a northeast to southwest axis.


Around the cairn on the west side are a few intermittent kerb stones but alongside the dyke on the east side are two substantial standing stones. One is 0.9 metres high, 0.7 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick and the other slightly larger and approximately 2.0 metres distant from the first. 


An impenetrable gorse bush prevented closer examination and it is impossible to say whether the stones represent a portal or part of an enclosing stone circle. The diameter of the cairn is approximate 12.0 metres and it has a maximum height of 0.9 metres. The three stones on the summit protrude about 0.4 metres and extend for 2.5 metres. The general state of the cairn and surrounds suggests that some digging has taken place and the area in general is stony, uncultivated, and bracken covered.

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  • Parish: Lonan
  • Sheading: Garff
  • Grid Ref: SC4463084970

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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