A Neolithic stone axehead of Ronaldsway type (with roughened-butt) found at Great Meadow, Malew.
There are no further details and the grid reference is centred on the farmstead.
The axehead is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1954-2181.
The location of a drainage adit within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, positioned downslope of a shaft (PRN 2811.10 and level (PRN 2811.30) and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a mine level within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown as a Level on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a stone-built wheelpit within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a stone-built magazine or powderhouse within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The location of a stone-built magazine or powderhouse within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
The ruined remains of the Great North Laxey mines represent the site of a significant mining complex. The features are shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and include a shaft (SC42778890), two adits (SC42778892, SC42778886) a wheelcase (SC42848894) and powder house (SC42708898, possibly superseded – another one now stands at SC42718899). Other buildings of unknown purpose are shown, as well as washing floors and ‘deads’ or waste heaps. The mine was served by a system of pumping rods running from waterwheels both overground on pillars and underground via conduits. Leats brought water from the surrounding hillsides to power the wheels.
The location of a mineshaft within the Great North Laxey mine complex (PRN 2811.00). It is shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map and is now in a ruinous condition.
This was probably a natural landmark on the southern slope of Greeba that is recorded in Marown Parish Register (written by the vicar John Bridson about 1780) under the name of 'St Patrick's Chair'. Cubbon identified this with a rock outcrop of 'chair'-like appearance, within a few feet of the parish boundary on the Kirk German side. It is located in the upper corner of the area shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map as Plot No. 441, which was 2.055 acres of wood at that time.
Greeba Bridge, about 6.3 miles into the lap, carries a Scandinavian-derived name: 'Greeba' is thought to come from Old Norse 'gnipa', meaning a peak, reflecting the island's Norse heritage. The crossing was previously known as Cronk Dhoo and sits amid open farmland on the A1.
Probable 'pagan' graves were found 'many years ago' in making an addition at the back of a cottage, marked on OS sheet 9/12 field number 3071 (at SC 29948107), on the north side of the highroad, nearly opposite to the road leading to Curragh-glass. There is no tradition of a keeill here and it is unlikely as it lies close to known keeill sites at Cronkbreck, Kerrowgarrow and Greeba Mills.
Victorian Gothic residence, built 1849. Home of novelist Hall Caine from 1896 until his death in 1931; he wrote much of The Manxman there. Cross-check against the existing Hall Caine Person item - his grave is at Maughold, not here.
Greeba Castle is a Victorian castellated residence, built in the Gothic style and designed by the Manx architect John Robinson of Douglas. It was built in 1849 along with a neighbouring residence of Greeba Tower.
This unusual stone was found at Greeba in 1948. The slab is cross-shaped in outline with a rounded head and stubby arms. It is perforated with a cross-shaped opening where the limbs of the cross meet. It has been suggested that the stone served as a window light from a chapel.
This large cross slab was found during the excavation of a grave in 1995 at Greeba (IOMHER 0942.00). The stone had been re-used to form the side of a lintel grave. A regular cross set within a circular frame is pecked into the one face near the head of the slab.
This slab was found at a keeill site (IOMHER 0942.00) close to Greeba Mills. Unusual crosses are carved on both faces. On one side a cross in outline is formed by overlapping a thin vertical ellipse with two horizontal lines. On the other, two vertical and three horizontal lines cross to form the symbol, contained within a roughly circular frame, with additional lines creating another cross within the upper limb. Several curved lines below the frame perhaps suggest fishscales.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000 at Greeba Mills. The site is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in field plot 2987.
No trace of the keeill remains but in the past a Mr Watterson discovered five lintel graves, each about 6 feet long and lined with large flags, when he was excavating for the enlargement of outhouses. Many of these large flags are now built into the adjoining walls.
A small slab pierced by a pointed star-shaped figure, possibly from a window of the keeill, was built into one of the outhouses. It was removed in 1948 and is now kept at the Manx Museum (No 170). A large broken slab, pierced by a countersunk hole, may have formed the lintel of a door.
An early cross-slab incised on both faces, was found on this site 'many years ago' (No 38. Now kept at Peel Castle Museum).
It was feared that the site of a keeill was being damaged by ploughing after a plaited gold ring (PRN 0967.00) was found in 1982 and therefore a trial excavation was undertaken by L.S. Garrad of Manx Museum across the mound evident in the field in 1983. A single Manx medieval micaceous sherd, of probable 13th/14th-century date, was found, apparently associated with a scatter of stones which had perhaps been paving, but there was no other trace of the keeill or any other structure.
The site of the burial ground association with an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between circa AD500 and AD1000 at Greeba Mills. The site is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map in field plot 2987.
No trace of the keeill remains but in the past a Mr Watterson discovered five lintel graves, each about 6 feet long and lined with large flags, when he was excavating for the enlargement of outhouses. Many of these slabs are now built into the adjoining walls.
A small slab pierced by a pointed star-shaped figure, possibly from a window of the keeill, was built into one of the outhouses. It was removed in 1948 and is now kept at the Manx Museum (No 170). A large broken slab, pierced by a countersunk hole, may have formed the lintel of a door. An early cross-slab incised on both faces, was found on this site 'many years ago' (No 38. Now kept at Peel Castle Museum).
It was feared that the site of a keeill was being damaged by ploughing when a plaited gold ring (PRN 0967.00) was found in 1982. A trial excavation was undertaken by L.S. Garrad of Manx Museum in 1983 across the mound evident in the field. A single Manx medieval micaceous sherd, of probable 13th/14th-century date, was found, apparently associated with a scatter of stones which had perhaps been paving, but there was no other trace of the keeill or any other structure.
A broken slab with a cross inscribed on each face. It measures 32 inches x 11.5 inches x 1.75 inches. It is now kept in the Manx Museum. The find spot at Greeba Mill was one of three early Manx chapel (keeill) sites recorded close together in this part of German parish, alongside those at Cronkbreck and Kerrowgarrow. The List of Manx Antiquities (1930) also records a group of four cairns about 1000 yards north of Greeba Mills, one of which had produced a cinerary urn; these cairns had already been levelled and ploughed over by the time of that survey.
A small stone cross, probably a grave marker, which is in the form of a crude cross, with a rounded head and short projecting arms. Unusually, there is a cross-shaped hole cut through the centre of the stone. It was found here in 1948 and measures 20 inches x 12.5 inches x 2.25 inches. It is now kept in the Manx Museum, Cross 170.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Greeba Mountain by CH Cowley.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the summit for indicative purposes only.
The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.