Shughlaighquiggin Burial Ground
The conjectured site of a burial ground associated with the unproven keeill at this location. A 12 metre diameter mound here may be a barrow, hut circle or shieling mound rather than a keeill site.
It survives as an oval mound measuring 15 metres northwest to southeast and 12 metres northeast to southwest which has been scooped out. Traces of a grass covered ruin, 3 metres wide with a maximum outer height of 0.5 m and maximum inner height of 0.4 metres was noted. Several small stones and a few quartz blocks were seen in the interior but they formed no pattern. It is possible that the site is a prehistoric barrow or a hut circle, or perhaps a shieling mound.
This site when cleared by Kermode in 1910-11 showed a circle of white quartz boulders about 7 metres in diameter and packed with small stones. It had the appearance of "a pagan burial place" and there was no sign of any building.
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- Parish: Michael
- Sheading: Michael
- Grid Ref: SC3200086720
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record