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Ballahimmin Burial Ground

Archaeology

The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill and burial ground, thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000.  The name of this keeill is lost and only the foundations remain now on a mound measuring 15 metres by 9 metres and standing 1.2 metres high. The dimensions of the keeill building appear to have been 4.5 metres by 2.75 metres, with only low wall bases surviving.


Graves have been noted when ploughing in the fields both north and south of the keeill indicating the extent of the associated burial ground.


Two worked flint flakes were found measuring 2.5 centimetres and 5.0 centimetres long. It is thought that this was an artificial mound used for Bronze Age burials before the site was selected for a Christian church.

Ballahimmin, Little Chapel Field

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: German
  • Sheading: Glenfaba
  • Grid Ref: SC3155085530

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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