Inscription on the first 3 pages of the Roll of Honour reads as follows: "Manx Roll of Honour / 1914-1918 / In profound admiration of / the services of my fellow countrymen / in the Great War / to whose honour, glory / and noble self-sacrifice / the Manx national memorial / erected outside this church, / testifies / I, John Leigh Goldie-Taubman / of the Nunnery, / present / this volume and bookstand / to their undying memory / MCMXXIV / 'Their name liveth for evermore' / War Declared 4th August 1914 / Armistice Signed 11th November 1918 / Peace Signed 28th June 1919. / Total number of Manxmen / who sacrificed their lives, / 1261 / in Flanders fields." The following poem is also printed, reproduced by permission of the proprietors of "Punch": "In Flanders fields the poppies blow, / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; and in the sky / The larks , still bravely singing, fly / Scarce heard amid the guns below. / We are the Dead. Short days ago / We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, / Loved and were loved, and now we lie / in Flanders fields. / Take up our quarrel with the foe: / To you from failing hands we throw / The torch; be yours to hold it high. / If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders fields." The remaining pages of the Roll of Honour list the military personnel from all over the Island, by order of parish. First World War. 1,261 names. The roll of honour is a leather bound book of remembrance and was commissioned as a 'gift to the nation' by Mr John Leigh Goldie Taubman of the Nunnery. It was dedicated in the Royal Chapel of St John the Baptist in December 1929. It is displayed in a bronze case with a glass top and sides. The book was bound by Best & Co. Bookbinders Ltd of London.
Small quantities of worked late Mesolithic flints were recovered from the garden of the property 'Ballavane' on separate occasions in 1971 and 1974, and donated to the Manx Museum.
Post medieval earthwork. The mounds at the centre of Peel Castle almost certainly represent a modernisation of the castle's defences during the Civil War. The 7th Earl of Derby pent considerable resources fortifying the Isle of Man between 1643-1651, and the earthworks form a somewhat irregular 'star fort' or sconce designed to protect artillery from cannon-fire. At the centre of the earthworks lies the Dyal Mound, its sides orientated towards the four cardinal points of the compass. Its name reflects the presence of two sundials recorded on its summit during the 18th century.
Fletcher Christian (1764-1793?) was a Manx-descended master's mate aboard HMS Bounty who led the famous mutiny against Captain William Bligh in 1789. Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, he was a member of the Christian family of Milntown in the Isle of Man. After the mutiny, he led the mutineers to Pitcairn Island, where his descendants still live.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter. The flints were collected during a fieldwalking survey by students from Liverpool University in the field numbered as Plot 1180 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter. The flints were collected during a fieldwalking survey by students from Liverpool University in the field numbered as Plot 1117 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The findspot of an early prehistoric scatter of worked flints, mainly from Ballacleator, Andreas and one from Aust, Lezayre, which was found in the field numbered Plot 143 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered as Plot 1100 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It includes circa 15 pieces of flint waste and flakes collected on 12/12/1987.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the north-east corner of the field numbered Plot 1939 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1935 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consists of 10 pieces of waste flint, with some pieces burnt, as well as a hump-backed scraper. A charcoal patch was noted nearby.
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints found in the field numbered as Plot 601 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. They were discovered on 16 March 1986.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1025 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consists of 117 pieces of flint.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 1025 on the 1870 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. It consists of circa 40 worked flints, including a scraper, a microlith and several burnt pieces found just over the hedge from a 1988 excavation.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter found in the field numbered Plot 723 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The finds included worked flints but nothing distinctive.
An early prehistoric flint scatter collected from the field numbered Plot 810 at Ballaconley on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It includes two good flint blades.
An early prehistoric flint scatter collected from the field numbered Plot 813 at Ballaconley on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It includes two good flint blades.
The finsdpot of a flint scatter of early prehistoric date recorded by C.H. Cowley within the field numbered 2066 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
A flint scatter consisting of 10 pieces of worked flint was found in the field numbered 1963 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It included a concave scraper and the flints were of Mesolithic or Neolithic date.
