Medieval holy well.


The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map records 'Chapel Gate, Site of St Mary's Chapel & Burial Ground (Keeill Moirrey) at SC20836806, without a marker defining the site. The chapel dedication gives its name to the moden settlement of Port St Mary. The Manx Archaeologyical Survey (1968) notes that Speed's map of the Isle of Man, publised in 1605 (surveyed by Durham in 1595) includes a conventional pictogram labelled 'Chappell' on the shore of 'Portell Morrey' which would appear to indicate the keeill-site. The Survey draws a comparison with Keeill Catreeney (PRN 0028), suggesting that the chapel must have stood close to the shore; no physical remains, however, have ever been recorded.


A well, variously known as Chibbyr Moirrey and the Lady's Well, issued from near the foot of the slope of Castle Bay a little to the east of the Chapel Gate area, and was marked by the OS at SC2095068100. Its name establishes a clear connection with the chapel and burial ground. It has now been piped under a footpath and forms a wishing well around 10m to the east.