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Ballagreyney Burial Mound

Archaeology

A hedge bank has been built over the site of a grass covered chapel and burial ground. On the northwest side of the bank is a vague mound which appears to be natural. No trace of the chapel or of a feature identifiable as a burial ground enclosure remains. Savage, writing in 1885, states that the keeill was 'standing within living memory' (i.e. early 19th century), and was probably built on an old tumulus. He also found on the site what he described as a 'cup-marked stone'. The cup-marked stone may be a 'gaming board' for the Viking game of 'Merels' or 'Nine Men's Morris'.

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Book Chapters

  • Parish: Arbory
  • Sheading: Rushen
  • Grid Ref: SC2395071880

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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