Ballakoig Burial Cist
In 1881 two cinerary urns of Bronze Age date were found here which included a bone needle and fragments of a bronze ornament. They were found about 130 metres south of the mouth of the stream in an area which has since been lost to coastal erosion.
One was a collared urn of Longworth Secondary Series, Form Iron Age, circa 30cm high with decorated collar and internal rim bevel. It is now kept in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1954-3069 (Corpus No 766).
The second was another collared urn of Longworth Secondary, Northwest Style, Form III, of which 18cm survives, with a decorated collar and internal rim bevel. This is also kept in the Manx Museum, Accession No. 1954-0571 (Corpus No 767).
A Neolithic or Bronze Age stone axehead, rectangular in section and with a broken butt end found in the Ballakoig brooghs, which was donated by to the Manx Museum by the Rev. W. Kermode (Accession No. 1954-0616) may be associated.
Connections
Book Chapters
- Parish: Ballaugh
- Sheading: Michael
- Grid Ref: SC3360095900
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record