The ruined remains of a building thought to have possibly served as a private chapel to St German's Cathedral,although this is not proven and the building had no architectural features of an ecclesiastical or datable character. The style of building and the height of the walls show it to have been an advance on early keeill-types with which it otherwise accords in its small size and plain rectangular form.
'St Patrick's Chapel' stands within the earthworks about the centre of the island. It is built of undressed, grey local stone with some red sandstone. The ruin is orientated east to west and its walls average up to 1 metre wide in thickness. Internally, the building measures 6.8 metres by 3.6 metres. The majority of the walls stand to an internal height of 1.2 metres, though the east wall, which has a square window of 0.8 m sides, still stands to its original height. There is an entrance through the western wall.
A cross-slab, interpreted as an altar-slab (Manx Cross No 46) 'appears to have been from this Chapel' (Re-numbered No 67 but apparently is also alleged to have come from St Patrick's Church).
Medieval chapel; Post medieval schoolroom. The building, which is orientated ENE-WSW, stands within a large, embanked, oval enclosure measuring 40 by 30m and raised slightly above the surrounding agricultural field. The structure is roofless, and now measures 6.1 by 3.4m internally. A depression outside the west gable suggests that the building may once have been between 3 and 4m longer.
The structural remains are of two periods, and have been interpreted as representing two different uses. The east gable, and a short length of the adjacent north and south walls, are thought to be of 14th or 15th century style, incorporating characteristic detailing in mullions and jambs. A Norse cross (Manx Cross 103) was re-used as a lintel above the east window. A piscina is built into the south wall.
The remainder of the standing structure apparently dates to around 1749, when the building was converted into a schoolroom. The masonry re-uses older stonework, but is bound together using a clay matrix rather than lime mortar.
The Manx Archaeological Survey cleared, surveyed and repaired the building in 1911, and also noted evidence of burials, interpreting these as evidence for the likely presence of an even older chapel on the site.
Bronze Age burial. Traces of a burial associated with charcoal were discovered in the course of the investigation of the medieval chapel by the Manx Archaeological Survey in 1911, at a point close to the SE corner of the chapel. The Survey interpreted these remains as being the burial from which the antiquary and folklorist Charles Roeder had previously recovered a cinerary urn in 1885.
Medieval burial ground. This large, embanked, oval enclosure measures about 40 by 30m and is raised slightly above the surrounding agricultural field. The chapel lies near the centre, and was the focus of investigation by the Manx Archaeological Survey in 1911. A small number of graves were found running beneath the east gable and immediately outside, and their presence taken to indicate the existence of an earlier chapel on the site. The rest of the enclosure was not further tested.
Medieval chapel. Investigation of the site by the Manx Archaeological Survey in 1910 showed that the existing building was of two phases, the earlier of which post-dated Christian graves which were apparently not on the same alignment. On the basis of the presence of the graves, an early gravemarker (Manx Cross 018) and a Norse cross (Manx Cross 103), it is thought that an earlier chapel (keeill) once existed, predating the standing remains of the 14th/15th century chapel.
A number of different placenames are associated with the site, including Keeill Pherick, directly implying a dedication to St Patrick. The site is however sometimes referred to as Keeill Kickle, which is thought to indicate a connection to St Cecilia.
Medieval carved stone cross.
A carved stone (Manx Cross 018) was found loose at the chapel prior to 1910, when it was noted by the Manx Archaeological Survey.
Medieval carved stone cross.
A carved stone (Manx Cross 103) was recognised in use as the lintel above the window in the west wall of the 14th/15th century chapel in the late 19th century.
Medieval chapel. The present building includes masonry of two different periods. The east gable, and a short length of the adjacent north and south walls, are thought to be of 14th or 15th century style, incorporating characteristic detailing in mullions and jambs. A Norse cross (Manx Cross 103) was re-used as a lintel above the east window, and a piscina is built into the south wall. A depression outside the west gable suggests that the chapel would have been between 3 and 4m longer, measuring perhaps 10m overall.
Post medieval schoolroom. Investigation of the site by the Manx Archaeological Survey in 1910 showed that the existing building was of two phases.
The structure, which is orientated ENE-WSW, is roofless, and now measures 6.1 by 3.4m internally.
Although the east gable and a short length of the adjacent north and south walls are of 14th or 15th century date, the remainder apparently dates to around 1749, when the building was converted into a schoolroom. The masonry re-uses older stonework, but is bound together using a clay matrix rather than lime mortar.
The roofless remains of a medieval church dedicated to St Patrick, after whom the islet is named. The ruins stand just to the east of a round tower at the highest point of St Patrick's Isle. It may date to the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
It is thought that the church was also a cathedral and that it was contemporary with similar Irish cathedrals of 10th century date. The oldest parts of the building are contemporary with the adjacent Round Tower, but there has been much reconstruction. After severe damage, which is perhaps to be connected with the fortification of the island by King Magnus in 1098, the cathedral was rebuilt in herringbone masonry and extended westwards. The east end is of a later date than the rest and has been altered several times. The east two-light, arched window was made into a doorway in the 18th century but was restored in 1929. The west gable and belfry were blown down in the 19th century.
The building overall measures 19 metres in length by 7.5 metres wide, with walls averaging 1 metre in thickness. The remaining walls are largely up to their original heights, with the east gable surviving almost to the peak, and containing a large window, within which no tracery survives.
The masonry shows a complex construction history which is not well understood. It is built mostly of red sandstone, but includes some medium sized slates. At the base it is of medium rubble, quite well coursed. This is succeeded in north and south walls by sandstone courses laid in 'herring bone' fashion. Above this again are more horizontal sandstone courses. The present northern doorway is a later insertion, the older doorway, now blocked, being visible in the middle of the west end.
A pre-Scandanavian cross-slab from St Patrick’s Church, St Patrick’s Isle, Peel, which is thought to have originally been used as an altar slab. It bears a bronze plaque with the number 67 inscribed on it.
Four stained glass windows illustrated with etchings depicting the angel Michael flanked by examples of the various aircraft that flew out of Jurby.
The windows were designed by J.P. Phillips to replace the originals that were badly cracked due to subsidence. They were made by a specialist firm in Stockport and installed by Chase Construction of Ramsey. All those who served at RAF Jurby, in wartime and peacetime, were remembered at a special service when the new windows were dedicated. The service was held by the Reverend Rod Geddes, with Lieutenant Governor Ian Macfadyen and his wife Sally present. (Information sourced from newspaper clipping with photograph, date or title unknown.)
42 names listed in order of nationality. Plaque is divided into four panels. Each panel is outlined by a decorative Celtic interlace pattern.
5 names listed on fourth panel.
St Patricks Church, Jurby. There is a collection of cross slabs kept at the church which date to the 6th to 12th centuries AD and were found at or near St Patrick's church, Jurby. They are housed in the north porch of the church.
St Patrick's Isle is a small island connected by causeway to the town of Peel on the west coast of the Isle of Man. It is the site of Peel Castle, the Cathedral of St German, and the Round Tower, and has been a place of religious and military significance since the early Christian period. Archaeological excavations have revealed Norse and early Christian burials, including the notable "Pagan Lady" grave.
The site of an early medieval cross on St Patrick’s Isle. This cross-slab, found in St Patrick’s Chapel, has been interpreted as an altar-slab (Manx Cross No 46) and 'appears to have been from this Chapel' (re-numbered as Manx Cross No 67, but is also said to have come from St Patrick's Church).
A flint scatter consisting of “many worked flints” of possible Neolithic date. They were found in the area described by Canon Quine as the ‘residence of Magnus Barefoot’ and thought to be evidence of Neolithic settlement on the isle. The exact position of the find is not recorded, however.
The remains of a building which is said to have served as a private chapel of St Patrick's Church. The building was orientated east-southeast to west-northwest and built of local, undressed stone with some red sandstone and quartz. It is situated 20 metres north of the Round Tower and internally it measured 8.8 metres by 4.1 metres, with wall surviving up to a maximum of 1.8 metres, being 0.7 metres thick.
It is doubtful that the building was designed as a chapel since the doorway is in the east end, and there are no features in the walls to show that there was any other entrance. A number of skeletons are said to have been found lying below the floor, in sand, but no stone grave or coffin appears to have been found.
Several burials found in the supposed chapel and at the armoury in Peel Castle in 1929 and at the Half-Moon Battery, probably belong to the medieval parish cemetery of St Patrick's Church.
Viking raids on the early medieval monastic settlement on St Patrick’s Isle are inferred by the construction of the Round Tower as a refuge. Norse settlement on the isle is generally accepted to have been founded by Magnus Barefoot circa 1098 who probably built a timber fort or 'Peel' and established a royal residence for the Norse Kings of Man. The latter has been partly evidenced by excavation at the Earl of Derby's Apartments where a 12th century, two-phase, domestic building, including one sophisticated floor, and a burial ground containing an important female burial or 'queen', have been discovered.
Norse settlement on the isle is generally accepted to have been founded by Magnus Barefoot circa 1098 who probably built a timber fort or 'Peel' and established a royal residence for the Norse Kings of Man. The latter has been partly evidenced by excavation at the Earl of Derby's Apartments where a 12th century, two-phase, domestic building, including one sophisticated floor, and a burial ground containing an important female burial or 'queen', have been discovered.
St Patrick's Isle, encompassing an area of 7.5 acres, has been the focal point of ecclesiastical, military and secular occupation from the Early Christian to Medieval and later periods, which is attested by the standing remains and through excavation.
St German's Cathedral, possibly on the site of a predecessor, was founded in the 13th-14th centuries but due to the incursions of the raiding Scots was protected by a curtain wall and gatehouse in the later 14th century, a feature that was to develop into the fortress and garrison known as Peel Castle.