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Hairdwillagh, Ardwoaillach Burial Mound

Archaeology

A Bronze Age barrow with a diameter of 13.0 metres and a height of 1.0 metre on its western side.  It is bowl shaped with no ditch.   The cairn was opened by the Canon Quine in 1924 who found a stone cist of Bronze Age appearance with a massive cover-slab (PRN 0640.10). It contained calcined bones and a pair of disc beads of jet or lignite. The cist lies on the north side of the top of the mound and is orientated slightly southeast, lined with slabs 0.8 metres long, 0.4 m wide and a present depth of 0.2 metres. The bottom of the cist is above normal ground level.


The feature is mainly grass and fern covered but around the cist is a large quantity of stones field clearing stones. 


Mr Stowell, of Riverside said 'The farm on which this barrow is situated is known as Ardwoaillach. I assisted Canon Quine and Dr Bradbury to excavate it many years ago. There was some pottery in the cist, I believe, and a pea-sized bead of a wonderful colour blue. This is now in the Manx Museum'.  This was possibly a Faience bead, and there were two other beads of jet or lignite from here, now in the Manx Museum.

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  • Parish: Lonan
  • Sheading: Garff
  • Grid Ref: SC4052084050

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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