Medieval burial ground.


The existence of a burial ground in this area, known as the Crofts, was established in 1914 when a farmhand digging for sand found a lintel grave.


Further graves were found in 1932 and the site was visited by W. Cubbon and J.R. Bruce representing the Manx Museum and Ancient Monuments inspectorate. By this time the area had become a considerable sandpit. Other burials had also been found since, according to the farmer, A.P. Collister, when interviewed by Bruce in 1965, though no details were given. These had evidently been found on the seaward (west) edge of the field.


The area was officially inspected by the Museum director and J.R.Bruce in 1950 on behalf of the Surveyor-General of the Highway Board with a view to ascertaining the limits of the burial area. No surface indication was observed of any extension of the burial ground beyond the grave-sites already recognised.


The sandpit where the burial was found in 1932 formed part of a farmyard, but is now filled in and part of landscaped grounds adjoining Beachcroft farm (as it is now called); the other burial-sites are no longer visible.


The precise location of the burials cannot from the historical descriptions be traced on the ground today. The grid reference given is for indicative purposes only.