Prehistoric flint scatter.
A quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballagyr by CH Cowley, from the 'Brooghs, Lucas Field'.
The description clearly relates to one of the coastal fields, but the site has not been positively re-identified and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
A large sandstone cist was discovered by W.M. Cowell in the haggard of White Strand Farm about 685 metres south of Knocksharry. The cist was opened by Cowley in 1924 but was found to have been previously opened and the cover lid removed, which is probably the slate slab now in the farmyard. The interior had been emptied of its contents and refilled with sand and earth. A photograph and details of the opening by Cowley were placed in a cylinder and sealed within the cist which was then re-buried.
In 1932, Cowley recorded that 'A fine stone axehead was found many years ago lying on the surface of the brooghs above here, and in the fields behind the topmost peak are sometimes exposed cists of prehistoric burials'.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballagyr by CH Cowley.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballagyr by CH Cowley.
No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballaharra by CH Cowley, from the 'Big Field next to Bill Sill's Curragh'.
The site has not been re-identified and the grid reference relates to the farmstead 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.
A chambered tomb and cremation cemetery were discovered in 1971 at Ballaharra in a sand quarry. An inhumation burial was also found, close to the north-east side of the tomb, containing the remains of three individuals.
A chambered tomb and cremation cemetery were discovered in 1971 at Ballaharra in a sand quarry. The chambered tomb was situated on undulating pasture, rising to a gentle hillock westwards. The tomb was placed at the foot of the slope - not above ground in the usual fashion, but sunk into a capacious grave-pit that contained the chamber and its adjuncts. Above this rested a metre of earth, with no tell-tale signs above the ground today. The chamber comprised at least four megaliths which originated from the coast near Peel, the roofing slab having been since displaced. The chamber was covered with a cairn of cobbles and boulders extending as far as a kerb a few metres to the east. In the chamber there was an early inhumation, followed by deposits of burnt material, including cremated bone and sheep and cattle teeth along with pots and other grave goods of late Neolithic type. The chamber was used for later burials, one perhaps with a beaker, another with a food vessel. It is likely that the chambered tomb predates the 2275-2283 BC of the cremation deposits, but probably not by a very long time. The site has now been completely quarried away.
A chambered tomb and cremation cemetery were discovered in 1971 at Ballaharra in a sand quarry. In the zone round the tomb there were several interments which were much less elaborate, both unburnt and cremated, within a yet wider area characterised by soot-blackened sand and numerous hollows. There were two cremation deposits near the tomb. The first was 3-4 metres to the east and consisted of a small circular hollow, 0.8 m in diameter, densely packed with the cremated bones of at least 31 individuals, probably 34 and possibly up to 40. Radio-carbon analysis of charcoal from this cremation gave a date of 2275-2283 BC. The second cremation deposit was a few metres away and contained the burnt bones of three people.
The Ballaharra Stones are the remains of a Neolithic chambered tomb discovered in 1971 during the extension of Ballaharra Sandpit and excavated by archaeologist Sheila Cregeen for the Manx Museum; the site was radiocarbon dated to around 2300 BC and is thought to belong to the same megalithic tradition as Cashtal yn Ard and King Orry's Grave. Four of the surviving stones were re-erected near St John's, opposite the parish church close to Tynwald Hill.
The site of an Iron Age round house. The enclosure has been ploughed out and only slight traces now remain, although it is seen as a cropmark from the air. It is located in a pasture field which slopes down to the west. Its topographical position resembles the sites of stone roundhouses rather than those of the earth-built type, which are found in marshy situations. If it were a stone constructed rath, as seems likely, it is probable that the stones have been incorporated in the field walls which have been entirely re-built since the survey of 1867-8. Several small stones are scattered around the site.
The site of a burnt mound or cooking place which was partially excavated circa 1983-1984 but produced no evidence other than patches of intense burning. OS Field No. 1963: the grid reference is located at the centre of the field for indicative purposes.
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints, including Mesolithic Heavy-blade type missile heads, a scraper, blades, flakes and a knife of polished purple igneous stone.
The findspot of a scatter of early prehistoric flints, including Neolithic tanged and leaf-shaped arrowheads and Heavy-blade missile heads, scraper, blades, flakes and a knife of polished purple igneous stone.
