Prehistoric flint scatter.


A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Jurby Brooghs by CH Cowley.


As Cowley elsewhere records discoveries at Jurby Point (Jurby Head), Jurby Church Brooghs, and Sartfield Brooghs, it is possible that he meant to define a separate location. He may again have been attracted by the burial mound, since destroyed, at Ballasalla farm, to the vicinity of which the grid reference refers for indicative purposes only.


The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.