Neolithic worked flint.
Prehistoric worked flints recovered during farming operations (OS Fields 1399 and 1400 / IoMG Field 414200) at various times by S Clucas and deposited in the Manx Museum in 1987. The material is of later Neolithic 'Ronaldsway' character.
The findspot of a Mesolithic flint scatter which included two small Bann or Heavy-blade leaf-shaped flints. The grid reference is located to the centre of the field for reference purposes only.
Prehistoric worked flint.
Worked flints recovered during fieldwalking (OS Field 1436 / IoMG Field 414201) in 1987. The material is waste of indeterminate character.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 indicates a watermill within the westerly range of farm buildings at Ballachurry farm.
The mill was powered by a leat drawing water from a millpond 130m to the north.
The machinery is no longer present and the buildings have been converted for holiday use. The leat and millpond have been filled in and are occasionally visible as cropmarks in a field given over to agricultural use.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 indicates a watermill within the westerly range of farm buildings at Ballachurry farm.
The machinery is no longer present and the buildings have been converted for holiday use.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a millpond 130m to the north of Ballachurry farm. The millpond was enclosed by a substantial dam along its southern side. A leat led water to a mill housed in the westerly range of the farm buildings.
The leat and millpond have been filled in and are occasionally visible as cropmarks in a field given over to agricultural use.
The burial ground associated with the Ballacurry Keeill (0274.00). No surface trace of any building or enclosure now remains. Trenches dug here in the past found no walls but traces of a burial were found in one place at a depth of 1.2 metres.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill and its associated burial ground, which are thought to date to the period AD500 to AD1000. No surface trace of any building or enclosure now remains. Trenches dug here found no walls but traces of a burial were found in one place at a depth of 1.2 metres.
Two fragments of granite quern-stones have been found here as well as two boulders with incised linear crosses (Manx Cross No 13 and Manx Cross No 16) which are now kept in Jurby church, with casts kept in the Manx Museum. They are pre-Viking in date.
Cropmarks showing the site of the keeill, an associated trackway and field systems at Cronk Mwyllin were seen on air photographs taken by Prof G.B.D. Jones (Manchester University) in 1980-81. A detailed plan of the site using computer-graphics was also made (see illustrations card). The keeill is clearly visible, linked directly to a ditched lane, evidently leading west towards Jurby, and small enclosures and apparently settlement 'tofts' leading off from it.
The site also has evidence of a prehistoric funerary activity. Closely adjacent to the keeill site are the traces of ring ditches, suggestive of a much earlier burial site.
A sacred or healing well was situated close to a stream here, 250 metres (275 yards) northwest of the church. Until recently water was brought from this well for every christening at the parish church. Above the well, on the northeast side of the road stood a cross, probably 13th or 14th century. The well is traditionally sited at a position 'between the Dutch barn and the stream but it is now covered in' (at SC 24537073). There is now nothing to be seen of the well or cross.
This well is recorded as a sacred or healing well. It is situated close to a stream, 250 metres (275 yards) northwest of the church. Until recently water was brought from this well for every christening at the parish church. Above, on the northeast side of the road stood a cross, probably 13th or 14th century. The well is traditionally sited at a position 'between the Dutch barn and the stream but it is now covered in' (at SC 24537073). There is now nothing to be seen of the well or cross and the 'traditional' site of the well is now an area of muddy waste ground alongside the barn where agricultural machinery is parked.
The findspot of a prehistoric flint scatter of Neolithic to Bronze Age date. OS Field No. 1926: the grid reference is located at the former centre of this field for reference purposes.
The findspot of a prehistoric flint scatter of Neolithic date. It included a hump-backed scraper of Ronaldsway type, a saw, blades and a "handle". Some Manx medieval micaceous ware was also collected here. OS Field No. 2027.
The findspot of a Mesolithic flint scatter which included worked flints, flakes, Heavy-blade type pieces and a scraper, as well as a piece of tanged pointed sandstone.
