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Ballagreyney Burial Ground

Archaeology

A hedge bank has been built over the site of a grass covered chapel and burial ground. On the northwest side of the bank is a vague mound which appears to be natural. No trace of the chapel or of a feature identifiable as a burial ground enclosure remains. Savage, writing in 1885, states that the keeill was 'standing within living memory' (i.e. early 19th century), and was probably built on an old tumulus. It was surrounded by a burial-ground fence. Graves have been found all round and evidence of them was still to be seen. He also found on the site what he described as a 'cup-marked stone'. There are now no identifiable remains of the keeill or burial enclosure, but the immediate portion of the field remains rough and uncultivated. A few slate slabs up to 3 foot long, 'lying about on adjacent hedge-tops' may have been uprooted from lintel graves.

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  • Parish: Arbory
  • Sheading: Rushen
  • Grid Ref: SC2395071880

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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