Rhullick y Doonee
The site of a medieval burial ground including lintel graves has been recorded at Rhullick y Doonee. Three lintel-graves, side by side, were discovered circa 1901 near Barrule Farm 'just above the cultivated land, and by the side of the old road leading to Castletown'. These were regarded as being part of the burial ground of a keeill. Kermode referred to the burial ground in 1930 and used the name 'Rullic y Doonee' which he stated proclaimed the site of a church of early date. No mention of the source of the name is given and it is not now locally remembered.
The exact location of the finds was marked on a working copy of the OS 6 inch by W. Cubbon (In Manx Museum) at SC 27687732. It was visited by J.R. Bruce in 1965-66 who observed that the area was covered with rough hummocky mountain pasture, intersected by numerous small drainage-channels, with a general slope down to the east. The land features were not those typically associated with a keeill-site, but the name 'Doonee' raised the presumption that a keeill was nearby. The lintel-graves were 'lost' and no other recognisable remains marked the site; the adjacent hedge bank was full of slabs which might well have served in lintel graves.
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- Parish: Malew
- Sheading: Rushen
- Grid Ref: SC2768077320
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record