Ballaquayle
Medieval chapel, burial ground and lintel graves. Five graves were discovered in 1915 in the course of the removal of a tradition sod hedge (field boundary) ahead of construction of a new school. The graves were aligned approximately NE-SW, roughly along the line of the existing road. Human bones were present, but 'almost perished'.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) considered the remains, based on the form of burial in stone lintel graves, to represent part of a Christian cemetery. The Survey viewed the remains to be an extension of a graveyard extending to the other side of the road, based on the existence of a slight, flat, circular mound in the field immediately beyond. The Survey further suggested that this mound could mark the former presence of a chapel.
No further graves were found during the subsequent development of the school (now St Ninian's High School).
No finds were reported during the later residential development of the land on the NW side of the road.
Connections
Book Chapters
- Grid Ref: SC3786077180
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record