This is believed to be the site of an early medieval keeill and burial ground. The only feature now visible at the site is a standing stone (PRN 0039.30).
A standing stone now forms a conspicuous object in the middle of the site of the Rullick burial ground. The stone had lain prostrate prior to 1914 and was a great hindrance to ploughing. The stone is a block of local, undressed slate and stands 1.42 metres high (4 foot 8 inches). The section of the stone is roughly rectangular and its top is somewhat oblique.
No markings are visible on the portion above ground but a story persists that many years ago a clergyman made a rubbing of oghams which he found on the stone. Neither the rubbing or oghams have been traced.
Apart from this 'standing stone' there are no visible features on the ground which could be connected with the keeill or burial-ground.
The possible site of a Bronze Age barrow. It is a ditchless, rather shapeless, oval mound that has been much disturbed. It is grass and gorse covered with some stones exposed. It measures 11.0 metres northeast to southwest and 9.0 metres northwest to southeast, its height to the northwest is 1.2 metres. The irregularities around its sides and on the top have not been caused by the plough and are such that is looks more like stone piled from field clearance than a Bronze Age barrow.
The probable site of an early medieval chapel or keeill. The site has been described as being virtually invisible on a slight rise due north of Little London farmhouse and not where shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. An early 20th century description states that 'in 1910 the field had been ploughed and, in crossing it, we noticed a single building stone distinct from the field-stones on the surface, and such as might have been used in the walls of a Keeill. We were told that many others had been found on the site at different times.'
The conjectured site of a burial ground associated with the unproven keeill at this location. A 12 metre diameter mound here may be a barrow, hut circle or shieling mound rather than a keeill site.
It survives as an oval mound measuring 15 metres northwest to southeast and 12 metres northeast to southwest which has been scooped out. Traces of a grass covered ruin, 3 metres wide with a maximum outer height of 0.5 m and maximum inner height of 0.4 metres was noted. Several small stones and a few quartz blocks were seen in the interior but they formed no pattern. It is possible that the site is a prehistoric barrow or a hut circle, or perhaps a shieling mound.
This site when cleared by Kermode in 1910-11 showed a circle of white quartz boulders about 7 metres in diameter and packed with small stones. It had the appearance of "a pagan burial place" and there was no sign of any building.
The conjectured site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, but its true purpose is not clear. This site when cleared by Kermode in 1910-11 showed a circle of white quartz boulders about 7 metres in diameter and packed with small stones. It had the appearance of "a pagan burial place" and there was no sign of any building.
It survives as an oval mound measuring 15.0 metres northwest to southeast and 12.0 metres northeast to southwest which has been scooped out. Traces of a grass covered ruin, 3.0 metres wide with a maximum outer height of 0.5 metres and maximum inner height of 0.4 metres was noted. Several small stones and a few quartz blocks were seen in the interior but they formed no pattern. It is possible that the site is a prehistoric barrow or a hut circle, or perhaps a shieling mound.
The conjectured site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, but its true purpose is not clear. When the site was investigated by Kermode in 1910-11 he noted a circle of white quartz boulders about 7 metres in diameter and packed with small stones. It had the appearance of "a pagan burial place" and there was no sign of any building.
It survives as an oval mound measuring 15.0 metres northwest to southeast and 12.0 metres northeast to southwest which has been scooped out. Traces of a grass covered ruin, 3.0 metres wide with a maximum outer height of 0.5 metres and maximum inner height of 0.4 metres have been noted. Several small stones and a few quartz blocks were seen in the interior but they formed no pattern. It is possible that the site is a prehistoric barrow or a hut circle, or perhaps a shieling mound.
Letter from Peter Sidebotham, a Customs officer stationed on the Isle of Man, to the Treasury (dated 9 November 1747) detailing systematic evasion of customs regulations by the Duke of Atholl's officers, including: deliberate obstruction of informers, clandestine tobacco imports (particularly 'debenture tobacco'), night-time landings to avoid detection, and violation of salt export limits. The letter references a 1736 proposal by the Keys to prevent tobacco export and Governor James Murray's political reluctance to enforce it. This document is crucial evidence of the conflict between crown revenue interests and ducal sovereignty that precipitated the 1765 Revestment.
Extract from a letter by Peter Sidebotham, a customs officer on the Isle of Man, to the Treasury (9 November 1747) detailing endemic smuggling of debenture tobacco, the Duke of Atholl's officers' obstruction of customs enforcement, and the suppression of a proposal by the 24 Keys to control tobacco exports. Reveals the conflict between royal customs authority and ducal sovereignty.
Lathom House, the fortified Stanley manor in south-west Lancashire, was besieged twice during the English Civil Wars. In the first siege (February-May 1644), Charlotte de la Trémouille held the house against Parliamentary forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax and then Alexander Rigby. She refused every summons to surrender, sortied against the besiegers, and held out until Prince Rupert's army relieved the garrison. In the second siege (1645), with Derby on the Isle of Man and no relief force available, the house fell. Parliament demolished it so completely that almost nothing remains above ground today.
A royal significavit (writ) from Queen Elizabeth I dated 29 September 1570, confirming the nomination of John Salesbury as Bishop of Sodor (Isle of Man). The document confirms the patronage rights of Edward, Earl of Derby, and instructs the Archbishop of York to formally confirm Salesbury's appointment. Provides insight into ecclesiastical governance structures and the feudal relationship between the crown, the Derby earls, and the Isle of Man bishopric.
A royal writ from King Henry VIII to the Bishops of London, Chichester, and Bristol, commanding them to consecrate Henry Man as Bishop of the Isle of Man. This document establishes ecclesiastical governance of the island and demonstrates royal patronage and authority over the bishopric. It is relevant to understanding the structure of Manx ecclesiastical authority preceding the Revestment period.
A royal warrant (significavit) from Henry VIII dated 22 January 1546, appointing Henry Man, professor of Sacred Theology, as Bishop of the Isle of Man, and commanding the Bishops of London, Chichester, and Bristol to consecrate him. The document is presented in both English and Latin versions and demonstrates the Crown's ecclesiastical patronage over the Manx bishopric and its temporal and spiritual properties.
A broken cross slab carved with interlace on one face and the story of Loki on the other. It was found being used as lintel in Ramsey in 1901. It measures 117 centimetres x 30.5 centimetres x 10 centimetres thick.
A fragment of an inscribed stone, carved on each face with cross-shaft, interlace pattern and animal figures telling story of Sigurd and the dragon. It was found in 1885 and measures 68.6 centimetres by 40.6 centimetres by 7.6 centimetres.
The Sigurd Cross was found here. It is a cross-slab inscribed with a shafted cross and circle carved on each face in relief. It measures 84 inches by 20 inches by 6.5 inches. The cross is now kept in Jurby Church.
This stone was discovered at Ballaconley keeill (IOMHER 0299.00) near the eastern edge of the parish. The surface has been heavily damaged, but both faces show a large ring-headed cross with arms and shaft decorated with interlace. One face is very badly worn and flaked, but shows remains of tendril-pattern on the panel to the left of the shaft, and a cockerel, symbol of the Resurrection, above the ring.
The other face bears double twist-and-ring interlace on the shaft. The space to the right shows Sigurd slaying Fafnir; the latter is seen writhing as he is stabbed by Sigurd, who is crouched in a pit as described in the Volsunga saga. A later scene is depicted below showing Sigurd who, while roasting the heart of the dragon, scalds his fingers and cools them in his mouth. Below again is Sigurd's steed Grani, next to a tree and a bird, whose language, according to the saga, Sigurd is now able to understand.
The edge of the slab is decorated with plain key-fret.
This broken slab was found in the churchyard in 1854. Only part of the shaft now survives, and the decoration is badly worn. One face of the slab shows the cross-shaft occupied by a dragon trapped in tendril interlace, with link-twist pattern to the left and part of either a plait or ring chain to the right.
The other face preserves a trace of the circle which originally linked the arms of the cross. The shaft is decorated with various, very worn sections of interlace and knots. The panel to the left of the shaft shows what would seem to be the head and fore-quarters of Sigurd's horse Grani, but is otherwise lost. To the right, the base of the panel is badly worn, but above this Sigurd is shown in the pit, stabbing the dragon Fafnir with his sword. Above, wearing a high cap and kirtle, and with his sword at his side, Sigurd is shown later roasting Fafnir's heart, and cooling his scalded fingers in his mouth.
The surviving decoration on the stone is in the Jellinge style, which dates the carving to the first half of the 10th century.
This broken slab was found in the churchyard in 1885. Only part of the cross shaft survives, but there are indications on both faces that this was surmounted by a wheel-headed cross with a plain ring. The panels to either side of the shaft are broken along both edges and their surfaces damaged, so that only one survives to anything approaching full width.
On one face the shaft is decorated with three dragons loosely bound in an irregular interlace. The panel to the left depicts scenes from the story of Sigurd. At the very foot Sigurd, sword in hand, attacks the dragon Fafnir, who writhes in agony; above, Sigurd roasts Fafnir's heart on a spit over the flames of a fire and cools his scalded fingers in his mouth, thereby learning from the birds that the dwarf Regin means to kill him. One of the birds is seen behind him, together with the head of his horse Grani.
The other face shows a later part of the saga when, amidst loose, serpent-headed interlacing, a manacled figure is attacked by one of the serpents. This is Gunnar, who, after gaining possession of Fafnir's treasure from his brother-in-law Sigurd, succumbs to its curse, and is captured by Atli, a king who also desires the fortune. In an attempt to torture the whereabouts of the treasure from him, Atli has Gunnar bound and thrown into a pit of snakes. Shown with his hands and ankles tied, surrounded by serpents, one of which can be seen biting him on the heart, Gunnar takes the secret whereabouts of the treasure to his grave.
This broken slab was found in 1901 built into the masonry of a house in south Ramsey. It bears the lower part of a cross on each face.
One face is decorated with an interlace of broad and narrow bands in the form of a figure of eight, with numerous pellets. The other face depicts an early scene from the Sigurd story, showing the Norse god Loki heaving a stone at an otter as it lies on a rock devouring a salmon snatched from the pool below. The otter is a shape-shifting monster called Otr, who dies as a result. The other gods take responsibility for Loki's mischief and pay compensation to Otr's brother Fafnir, who becomes so consumed with greed that he turns into a dragon. Sigurd eventually kills Fafnir and takes his treasure, which he loads onto his horse, Grani. The incomplete figure of Grani can be seen halfway up the stone, separated by irregular interlacing, carrying the hoard of treasure on his back.
The Sigurd Slab is one of a group of cross slabs dating to the 6th to 12th centuries AD which have been found at or near St Patrick's church, Jurby. This slab was found in 1890.
It is a slab carved with wheel-headed shafted cross on each face with interlace, bird, animal and human figures showing the story of Sigurd. It measures 213 centimetres by 50.8 centimetres by 16.2 centimetres. It is kept in the north porch of Jurby Church.
