Medieval burial ground.


The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows the site of a chapel and burial ground at this location, together with the annotation, 'Chapel & Burial Ground (Site of)'. A marker is placed on the site, which lies in an open field a little to the north of a field boundary.


No direct evidence for a burial enclosure has been found at the site. The regular form of the surrounding field pattern would imply that the farm was the subject of the type of rearrangement and improvement which saw the introduction of new efficient agricultural practices in the 1830s and 1840s. This may have resulted in the clearance of the site, and would also appear to be consistent with the discovery a few years before the OS of several lintel graves: the OS particulars state 'In the field situated immediately NE of the house is pointed out the site of an ancient Chapel and Burial Ground. A few years ago several Kist-vaens containing human remains were discovered.' Authorities quoted: Mr Clucas, Strang; Mr Kelly, Castleward; Oswald's Vestigia'.


The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) recorded that the then owner never recalled seeing any graves at the site during the 40 years that he had lived there, despite the field being frequently ploughed.