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Balnahowe, Rushen

Archaeology

A total of thirteen Neolithic flint and stone axeheads have been recovered from Ballnahowe farm over the course of several decades between the 1930s and the 1960s, and donated to the Manx Museum. Ten of the axes were found by the Nixon family who farmed the land, and three by JR Bruce, a trustee of the Manx Museum and National Trust.


Several of the axes show the roughened butt finish characteristic of local later Neolithic manufacture.


The precise findspot is unknown, and the grid reference is centred on the farmstead.

Ballnahowe, Port Erin

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Grid Ref: SC1905068450

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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