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Ballakoig Burial Cist

Archaeology

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
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