Modern corn drying kiln.
A corn-drying kiln was discovered during ploughing on Croit e Caley farm, Colby in 1968. An emergency excavation revealed a substantial though much ruined structure. Clear traces of burning, with large quantities of charcoal, were found, together with a well-preserved 'drying-pot' built of cobbles, and a millstone. Paving and a possible flue were also identified.
No dating evidence was found, but its excavator AM Cubbon and BRS Megaw (1969) consider a 17th-18th century date is likely.
This rough slab was found built into a corn-drying kiln at Croit e Caley (IOMHER 0187.00) in 1968. On one face it bears a roughly pecked cross, with equal upper and side arms, and a longer lower arm.
Worked flints, comprising four blades were found at Croit e Caley, Rushen.
The precise findspot is not known, and the grid reference relates to the old farmstead.
The objects are in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1971-0096.
There are three columns containing 50 names, listed alphabetically except for the last five names. Four names are encircled in black, indicating that these men died during the war.
First World War Framed Roll of Honour.
Following the closure of the Croit e Caley Chapel, in 2016 MNH was advised by the Reverend Richard Hall that "the roll of honour is now in the District office (Trinity Methodist Church, Bucks Rd, Douglas) along with some other materials from Croit e Caley."
Modern chapel.
The Primitive Methodist chapel at Croit e Caley replaced an earlier chapel at Kentraugh in 1881.
The chapel was later extended by the addition of a Sunday school attached to the south gable.
It is now a private dwelling.
Modern chapel.
The Primitive Methodist chapel at Croit e Caley replaced an earlier chapel at Kentraugh in 1881. A roll of honour commemorates 50 men from Colby and the surrounding district who fell in the First World War.
It closed in 2014 and was subsequently sold. It is now a private dwelling.
Modern chapel.
The Primitive Methodist chapel at Croit e Caley replaced an earlier chapel at Kentraugh in 1881.
The Sunday school was later added by extending from the southerly gable.
It is now a private dwelling.
The possible site of an early medieval chapel or keeill known as Keeill Croit ny Howe. The site of the keeill is remembered on Ballafayle y Kerruish, a property given in Wood's Atlas as part of the Barony of St Bees. The site is now in a small field or croft on the southern margin of Port Mooar, numbered as Plot 1524 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The site of a former school, which is shown on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It is no longer in use and has been converted for residential purposes.
The site of a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel, which is shown on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It is no longer in use and has been converted for residential purposes.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, shown on Wood's Atlas of 1867, which names it as Croit-ny-Keeillagh. The keeill site has long been ploughed over and no evidence survives of its presence. No further information has been recorded.
The site of a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument. The mound was opened in 1888 and three burial cists revealed, from which funerary urns were recovered.
The site was excavated in 1975 because a large stone was protruding above the ground surface and was being affected by ploughing. A vertical slate slab was found which measured about 1.0 metres long, 0.75 metres high and about 0.1 metre thick. At the base of this slab another large piece of slate, 0.7 metres long, was found in a horizontal position and in contact with the upright stone. The only artefact was a fragment of Neolithic Ronaldsway pottery. The two stones were certainly the remains of a cist, though whether they represent all that was left after a Victorian 'dig' or the site of an additional cist cannot be confidently stated.
The site of the remains of up to 7 possible late prehistoric or early medieval hut circles. They were originally recorded by Canon Harrison, who saw the remains as an early settlement.
A group of 7 hut circles set on a gentle slope on a hillside which otherwise slopes steeply to the north. By their size and generally simple stone walls they are more comparable to the Bronze Age hutcircles of Dartmoor than any other such feature seen on the Island, though unlike Dartmoor settlements they are not enclosed.
A - is the remains of a stone-built hut circle of 5.0 metres diameter, which has been mutilated into a modern shelter 1.1 metres high. One orthostat remains in situ.
B - is the west half of a circle of large loosely piled stones averaging 0.4 metres long. Its diameter is 4.0 metres. Some of these stones look as though they have been placed upon the walls in a fairly recent attempt at restoration.
C - is oval and measures 6.0 metres north to south and 4.0 metres east to west. Its walls are 1.5 metres thick and 0.2 metres high.
D - is oval and measures 3.0 by 2.0 metres with walls 0.5 metres thick and 0.2 metres high.
E - is two huts with diameters of 3.0 metres and walls 0.2 metres high and 1.0 metre thick.
F - is a rather vague circle with internal diameter of 1.0 metre and with the north half alone remaining. Walls of turf and stone average 0.1 metres high and 0.7 metres thick. No entrances could be located.
The site of a Bronze Age standing stone. It is a granite stone, 2.3 metres high, on a hillock called Cronk Ashen where an urn was found in the past. The stone is situated at the southern end of a natural ridge orientated northeast to southwest. The stone has a pronounced lean to the northeast and has irregular sides averaging 0.8 metres by 0.5 metres. It tapers towards the base. It is weathered and is used as a rubbing post.
There is no trace of any other stone or an associated mound. This stone was listed by Megaw as being at Ballachrink, Kirk Santon, with a footnote stating 'Mr W. Cubbon brought me to this site. It has the appearance of a very much ruined burial chamber.'
The site of a Bronze Age barrow which was partially removed in the 19th century and then levelled by Mr J. Moore in 1886. It measured about 9 metres in diameter and stood up to 1.8 metres high. The mound was composed of loose sand and gravel.
It appears that there were originally at least two mounds within 30 metres of each other, separated by a road. The second barrow (PRN 0467.20) was close to the edge of the road and removed when the road was lowered in the past.
The roadway is now 12.0 metres from bank to bank with grass covered fields on either side. The lane in which Cronk Aust was situated has been straightened out and resurfaced. No trace of either barrow now exists on the ground.
About the centre of the first mound, at a depth of 1.6 metres, an urn was found. A second urn was also found 1.8 metres from the first. Both were filled with calcined bones. Both were subsequently destroyed. They measured between 30cm and 60cm in height and were wide at the mouth, gradually narrowing to the bottom. The first was well baked and it walls up to 9mm thick. Within the rim was an angular waved band sharply cut and slightly raised. Outside were two rows of elliptic but rather pointed figures covered with finely crossed lines. At the bottom was a roughly drawn five pointed star. The outside of the urn was thus entirely ornamented. It was filled with calcined bones and was placed mouth upwards but was broken and later pieced together. The second, larger, urn was only slightly ornamented with small dots or holes in lines. It was full of calcined bones and inverted. There were deposits of calcined bones and ashes within the Tumulus.
The site of a Bronze Age barrow which was close to the edge of the road and removed when the road was lowered in the past.
It appears that there were originally at least two mounds within 30 metres of each other, separated by a road. The second barrow (PRN 0467.00) was partially removed in the 19th century and then levelled by Mr J. Moore in 1886. It measured about 9 metres in diameter and stood up to 1.8 metres high. The mound was composed of loose sand and gravel.
The roadway is now 12.0 metres from bank to bank with grass covered fields on either side. The lane in which Cronk Aust was situated has been straightened out and resurfaced. No trace of either barrow now exists on the ground.
The record for the burial within the Bronze Age barrow PRN 0467.00. About the centre of the mound, at a depth of 1.6 metres, an urn was found. A second urn was also found 1.8 metres from the first. Both were filled with calcined bones. Both were subsequently destroyed. They measured between 30cm and 60cm in height and were wide at the mouth, gradually narrowing to the bottom. The first was well baked and it walls up to 9mm thick. Within the rim was an angular waved band sharply cut and slightly raised. Outside were two rows of elliptic but rather pointed figures covered with finely crossed lines. At the bottom was a roughly drawn five pointed star. The outside of the urn was thus entirely ornamented. It was filled with calcined bones and was placed mouth upwards but was broken and later pieced together. The second, larger, urn was only slightly ornamented with small dots or holes in lines. It was full of calcined bones and inverted. There were deposits of calcined bones and ashes within the Tumulus.
