Gramma Burial Ground
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records the site of a chapel and burial ground at this location. Canon EB Savage writing circa 1885 (MS in the Manx Museum) records the statement of a man who had cleared the area some 30 years previously when he found 'stone graves and urns' at the site. Savage adds, however, that he had heard of no remains or tradition of a chapel. PMC Kermode writing in 1894 records 'lintel graves have been met with when ploughing.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey of 1968 remarks that this seems to be one of the least authenticated keeill sites in the parish of Rushen since apart from the OS map entry, there is no other reliable information and every trace of it has vanished on the ground. The site has been greatly disturbed by a small quarry to the south of the site marked by the OS, which operated until 1914, after which the area was remodelled as part of the Rowany golf course. Nothing can now be seen remotely suggestive of a keeill or burial ground.
Connections
Book Chapters
- Grid Ref: SC1976069920
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record