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Cronkbane Keeill

Archaeology

The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000.  The site is at the north side of the highroad to Cronk-y-Coddy. The name of the keeill is lost but the field is still known as 'Chapel Field'. Several people remembered the removal of the foundations and ploughing of the site in about 1880. Mr Corlett stated that stones from it were placed along the east side of the lane leading into the field where they can still be seen. Nothing remains to mark the site but the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map shows the mound on which the keeill stood.  It would have measured circa 12 metres by 7 metres. Evidently it had already been greatly reduced by the plough by that time.

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Book Chapters

  • Parish: German
  • Sheading: Glenfaba
  • Grid Ref: SC3073086390

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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