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Purt y Candas Earthwork

Archaeology

Iron Age earthwork. The site appears as a substantial mound set in a wetland basin. The Ordnance Survey recorded two concentric earthwork banks, the outermost of which extended eastwards under the modern road. These features if real are rather less pronounced today. Nevertheless the substantial central mound is quite prominent to the west of the roadside.


Excavations by Peter Gelling were cut short by his untimely death, but his investigations were sufficiently advanced for him to propose settlement activity, including the presence of structures, and to suggest an occupation lasting until as late as the 7th century AD based on the recovery of E-ware.

Ballacraine

Connections

Book Chapters

  • Parish: German
  • Sheading: Glenfaba
  • Grid Ref: SC2852081600

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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