Shrine.


The structure comprises a rough drystone bench almost 2m long and 0.6m high. Set on top are two upright slabs which bear on one face a simple carved cross (Manx Crosses 6 and 7). It has been suggested that a third broken slab may also have once born a cross. The site is known as St Patrick's Chair, and folklore apparently attached to the site (confusingly a natural feature 2km to the north is known by the same name) states that St Patrick rested here and blessed the local population. There is no evidence that St Patrick ever visited the Isle of Man.


A mid-19th century source states that the structure is of late 18th century origin, and was erected as a hoax. The crosses appear genuine, however, and it seems possible that they originate from a Christian site, perhaps a chapel and burial ground, cleared during the same agricultural improvements which saw the surrounding field boundaries laid out in an unusually regular pattern.