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Cronk Aile, Orrisdale Farm Burial Mound

Archaeology

The site of a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument. The mound was opened in 1888 and three burial cists revealed, from which funerary urns were recovered.


The site was excavated in 1975 because a large stone was protruding above the ground surface and was being affected by ploughing. A vertical slate slab was found which measured about 1.0 metres long, 0.75 metres high and about 0.1 metre thick. At the base of this slab another large piece of slate, 0.7 metres long, was found in a horizontal position and in contact with the upright stone. The only artefact was a fragment of Neolithic Ronaldsway pottery. The two stones were certainly the remains of a cist, though whether they represent all that was left after a Victorian 'dig' or the site of an additional cist cannot be confidently stated.

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: Michael
  • Sheading: Michael
  • Grid Ref: SC3253093550

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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