Medieval carved stone cross.


The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground' with a marker locating the site at SC2000270304. The site lies within a field amalgamated from several smaller plots, two of which (OS Plots 0494 and 0497) were formerly known as Magher y Cabbal (field of the chapel).


Despite the OS' description, substantial remains were still apparent when the Archaeological Commissioners visited in 1878, recording a mass of stone and identifying a carved stone cross (Manx Cross 66). By the mid 1880s, when Canon Savage interviewed the owner, the chapel had been largely cleared, though the site is now uncultivated and gorse-covered.


The cross discovered loose by the Archaeological Commissioners in 1878 remained on site until 1914, when it was given to the Manx Museum following defacement which consisted of the addition of a fifth cross incised below the others. The original design comprises a cross in low relief, accentuated by square depressions carved between each arm. The cross is further emphasised by small crosslets incised on each arm: it was the modern addition of a fifth cross which led to the stone being placed in the care of the Manx Museum.