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The Cloven Stones Burial

Archaeology

The site of a Neolithic chambered cairn. The site has never been excavated, but is thought to be a passage grave aligned on a north-northeast to south-southwest axis, with a chamber 2.4 metres wide and 4.2 metres long, based on the partially exposed structure.  


The stones are situated in the front garden of a bungalow, and are closely constricted between the building and the road, both of which have contributed to the destruction of the rest of the structure.  


A true sense of ground level is difficult to establish as both the road and the bungalow are sunken below the level of the monument.  The appearance therefore is of a raised mound from which the tops of seven stones of the chamber and the septal stone protrude together with two portal stones. The latter are of a monumental scale and stand to a height of 1.8 metres and 1.7 metres respectively.  On the northwest side the chamber is obscured by the garden wall, but to the southeast the entire length of the side slabs remain in situ as revetting between the raised garden and the wall of the dwelling.

Baldrine

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: Lonan
  • Sheading: Garff
  • Grid Ref: SC4292081410

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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