The findspot of a Neolithic roughened-butt axehead of Ronaldsway type found built into a wall. It was donated to the Manx Museum by J.R. Tennant in 1964 ( Accession No. 1964-0155).
The findspot of a Bronze Age saddle-stone consisting of a granite boulder with its face ground smooth. It is kept at the Manx Museum, having been donated by Canon Harrison.
A fragment of a Viking sword (0429.10) consisting of the hilt and part of the blade was dug up in 1824 from a depth of approximately 2 metres deep in gravel in the village of Ballaugh. The findspot is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The sword was badly corroded, the blade broken and defective. It is kept at the National Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh (Reg. No. LB 5). An iron spear-head (0429.20) was also found in association with the sword, and it is probable that the deposit represents a burial in a low barrow. The spearhead cannot now be traced.
A fragment of a Viking sword (0429.10) consisting of the hilt and part of the blade was dug up in 1824 from a depth of approximately 2 metres deep in gravel in the village of Ballaugh. The findspot is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The sword was badly corroded, the blade broken and defective. It is kept at the National Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh (Reg. No. LB 5). An iron spear-head was also found in association with the sword, and it is probable that the deposit represents a burial in a low barrow. The spearhead cannot now be traced.
A fragment of a Viking sword consisting of the hilt and part of the blade was dug up in 1824 from a depth of approximately 2 metres deep in gravel in the village of Ballaugh. The findspot is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The sword was badly corroded, the blade broken and defective. It is kept at the National Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh (Reg. No. LB 5). An iron spear-head (0429.20) was also found in association with the sword, and it is probable that the deposit represents a burial in a low barrow. The spearhead cannot now be traced.
A Viking silver coin hoard was found 'near Ballaugh' in 1772 and appears to have comprised thirty-seven coins, which were probably buried in the 1060s. Two pennies of Edward the Confessor and two possible Hiberno-Norse coins donated to the Society of Antiquities in Scotland were considered by Dolley to have been derived from this hoard. The donor was 'Mrs Governor Wood', widow of John Wood, Governor of the Isle of Man (1761-1777).
Modern pottery.
A scatter of pottery sherds were recovered from under the turf during site preparation in advance of construction work in the 1960s.
The finds were given to the Manx Museum and are described as having been found in OS Field no . 3060, on the north side of the Spring Valley road. This has to be in error for OS Field no 2060 (the grid reference refers to the centre of the area of the field under development at that time, now Ballaughton Close).
The sherds include a large Buckley style rim, a base with slip-trailed decoration inside and several Staffordshire pottery sherds and date to the late 18th, or early 19th century.
The objects are in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1964-0401.
The findspot of a polished Neolithic stone axehead. It was found on the surface in 1926 at Ballavar. It is of Type VI and came from the Langdale axe factory, Cumbria. The axehead is now kept at the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-2388). Other stone implements have also reportedly been found on this farm.
The findspot of a ground and polished flint 'adze' and a round-ended flint knife with some secondary working. Both were found on Ballavar farm by Miss Taylor.
The discovery of a prehistoric "urn" was reported to B.R.S. Megaw by B. Moore in 1950. It was claimed that the urn was "plain circa 8 inch high" and that it was reburied in 1916 in the fields of Upper Watsons. Several cairns are shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in this vicinity.
The findspot of two Neolithic or Bronze Age stone adzes or axeheads with truncated oval sections and sides ground flat. They were found by the early 20th century and are kept at the Manx Museum (Accession Nos. 1954-1621 and 1954-1622, donated by Mr K. Teare).
The findspot of a badly weathered Neolithic stone axehead. It may not be of Ronaldsway type and the stone used may possibly be of Cornish origin. The axehead is now kept in the Manx Museum (Accession No. 1954-3217).
The findspot of a flat, circular stone which has three perforations near its edge, the fourth being broken away. It is thought to be of Neolithic date.
A cross-slab (No.49) which is thought to be pre-Scandanavian and was found at the site of Keeill yn Chiarn chapel. It appears to be composed of altered clay schist. It is now situated in the farmyard at Ballelby, set up against the gable of a barn at the house. The slab measures 87 x 28 inch, 4.5-5 inch thick. The inscribed cross is formed by five squares.
Alleged prehistoric 'scribed stones' found on Barroose ridge at 150 metres above sea level. The stones were collected by Mr J.F. Cowley and Mr Jno. Kelly and nearly twenty of them have been secured. One of these was unearthed on the ridge about 40 metres from the site of a cist.
The findspot of a flint axehead, measuring 14.6 centimetres long by 0.3 centimetres thick. The owner allowed P.M.C. Kermode to make a sketch of the implement.
