The findspot of a stone slab with a flat back and a curved face which is inscribed with a cross with bifurcating ends. It is thought to be medieval in date.
A large Early Bronze Age flanged flat axehead found prior to 1877 near a field called 'The Rhullick' at Surby before 1877.
The findspot is problematic as both East Surby and Surby Beg are referred to, the locations of which are unknown. It would seem logical to assume that the 'Rhullick' referred to equates to the site of a Medieval chapel and burial ground, which lie in a field known locally as 'The Relick', though this lies on the traditional farmholding of Surby Moar.
The grid reference is centred on the Relick field.
The axehead is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1954-0797.
A 'small and very rudely formed dug-out canoe' of the Neolithic period was discovered at Tosaby. It now appears to be lost. This may have been a prehistoric wooden trough, rather than a canoe.
A Neolithic 'Group VI' axehead found at Upper Lhergydhoo. It is still in private ownership.
The grid reference provided relates to the farmstead for indicative purposes only.
A Viking silver hoard was found about 1885 at West Nappin. The finds were dispersed soon after discovery, and part of a silver armlet (Manx Museum No. 1954-4396) from the hoard was later thought to be a stray find. Eight silver coins from the hoard have now been identified, including five Hiberno-Norse coins, two Hiberno-Manx and one English penny. It is thought that the hoard was deposited about AD1040.
A Viking silver hoard was found about 1885 at West Nappin. The finds were dispersed soon after discovery, and part of a silver armlet (Manx Museum No 4396) from the hoard was later thought to be a stray find. Eight silver coins from the hoard have now been identified, including five Hiberno-Norse coins, two Hiberno-Manx and one English penny. It is thought that the hoard was deposited about AD1040.
The findspot of a quantity of 19th and 20th century pottery and a glass shell. They were collected during field walking in the field numbered as Plot 1504 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map at Ballaquinnay Mooar, Marown. The field was under barley stubble during the field walking survey on 29 September 1991.
The findspot of a Mesolithic pressure-flaked arrowhead, found on 11 October 1986. It was found in the field numbered 44 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The findspot of lithic pieces of possible Bronze Age date, including a pieces of white quartz with flattened sides measuring 10.5 centimetres x 7.5 centimetres x 3 centimetres. Some flints were also found as well as two broken pebbles which may have been utilised as tools. They were found in the field numbered as Plot 612 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
Fingal, King of Mann, who held the Island against Godred Crovan's first two invasions.
The Chronicle of Man names him in the succession without ceremony: Godred was succeeded by his son Fingal, of whose reign and death nothing is recorded, and the date given is 1076, the year Godred died.
The fuller narratives give him one campaign. Godred Crovan, having judged from an earlier visit that the kingdom was weak or its king unpopular, came back with a force sufficient for his purpose and found his hopes frustrated, because Godred was dead and his son Fingal was seated on the throne and generally beloved. Godred Crovan landed his men all the same, was defeated in a general engagement, and had to retire. He came a second time and failed again. On the third attempt he joined fraud to force, landing three hundred men in the night, and that succeeded.
First World War.
To the right is inscribed an alphabetical list of 18 names. Second World War.
The unveiling ceremony took place on 9 January 1921 at All Saint's Church, Lonan. The memorial was unveiled by Mr L. Goldie-Taubman and a recital was provided on a Victor Victrola gramophone by Mr Robert Wood, who was on a visit to Lonan from the U.S.A. Mrs Quine (Vicarage) placed a laurel wreath on the central orbit of the tablet. Designed by Mr A. Knox, marble-mason work carried out by Mr R.W Creer of Harris Terrace, Douglas.
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.
The site of a possible promontory fort recorded at Fleshwick. No further sourced detail could be verified; promontory forts of this kind are known elsewhere on the Island's southern coastal headlands (e.g. Cronk ny Merriu), but nothing specific to the Fleshwick example could be confirmed.
Master's mate of the Bounty and leader of the mutiny of 1789.
The Manx sources claim him as one of the Christians of Milntown. One account traces the descent through the eldest brother of Illiam Dhone, and notes that although the family had been settled in Cumberland for three generations, his father being a lawyer and coroner there, they kept strong Manx links. He was one of three men aboard the Bounty with Manx connections, the others being Bligh himself, who had married into a Manx customs family, and the midshipman Peter Heywood.
Bligh had taken to him. On an earlier voyage, during which Bligh learned of his appointment to the Bounty, he took Christian under his wing and gave him lessons in navigation.
The break came at the Friendly Islands. Bligh was a great martinet, there was much discontent in the crew, and the feeling culminated in open mutiny, which Christian headed. The mutineers put Bligh and nineteen men who stayed loyal to him into the ship's launch.
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.
