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Cronk Rhennie Burial Ground
Archaeology
The site of a "Chapel and Burial Ground" is marked here on the Ordnance Survey's 1:2500 sclae map of 1869. It represents the site of an Early Medieval keeill or chapel, thought to have been in use circa AD 500 to AD 1000.
All trace and remembrance of the keeill had disappeared by the time it was visited by an excursion of the N.H.A.S. in July 1899, who reported it as 'completely obliterated by the plough'. Kermode lists the site and adds 'Lintel graves found by 'sappers and miners'.
The site was also visited by J.R. Bruce in 1963-64 who stated that the site was at the highest point of a slightly sloping field, but it was not possible to detect any surface features in the area which was covered by permanent pasture.
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- Parish: Malew
- Sheading: Rushen
- Grid Ref: SC2996073860
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record