Balnahow Keeill
The site of an early medieval keeill or chapel, which would have been in use during the period circa AD500 to AD1000. The field is grass-covered and no visible trace of a chapel or burial ground enclosure remains.
In the 19th century the Ordnance Survey recorded that 'In a field to the immediate N. of Balnahow are pointed out the remains of an ancient Chapel and Burial Ground; the remains are very distinct, being (with the exception of a small portion of the enclosure) from two to three feet above ground. Numbers of stone-lined graves containing human bones have been turned up by the present tenant, Mr T Quinney'.
The remains of this keeill had been removed by the early 20th century. A former tenant who carted the remains away told P.M.C. Kermode that he had not known it was a keeill.
A broken cross-slab (Manx Cross number 68, renumbered 95) came from this site. It is now kept in the parish church.
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- Parish: Santon
- Sheading: Middle
- Grid Ref: SC3337071910
Sources
- Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record