Bronze Age burial mound.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows the site of a chapel at this location, together with the annotation, 'Chapel (Site of)'. The OS places a marker in the corner of a field (OS Field no. 1353) which it names Chapel Field.


The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described the site as a mound some 10m in diameter and almost 3m high 'which is said to be the site of the Keeill'. The Survey's investigation resulted in a trench 1.8m wide across the mound from north to south. Although large and smaller boulders were met with, together with smaller field stones, the Survey found it hard to identify structural remains.


No evidence was found to indicate any burial activity of either Christian or Bronze Age date, such as might have created a burial mound. The Survey noted, however, that the east side of the mound was revetted by coursed walling, reminiscent of other burial mounds of this period.


The mound is now somewhat reduced by modern farming activity, and the nearby field boundaries, which historically provided it with a measure of protection from agricultural progress, have been grubbed out.