The site of a burial ground associated with an early medieval chapel or keeill which gives its name to the Ballakillingan estate. The site is marked on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map about 160 metres east-southeast of the house.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill which gives its name to the Ballakillingan estate. The name is thought perhaps to include a corrupted reference to St Ninian. The site is marked on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map about 160 metres east-southeast of the house.
This is the conjectural site of a keeill pointed out by the late H.J. Moore on farmland immediately west of the high road. A few yards of grass-grown embankment, L-shaped in plan, with its longer axis aligned east-west could be detected. A mound of stones and rubbish occupied the angle of the bank and a few large stones lay about. The impression conveyed by these slight remains was not that of a keeill. They may be the remains of a 19th century farm-building. No graves have been found.
Medieval chapel, burial ground, lintel graves and prehistoric pottery.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 marks the site of a chapel and burial ground, with the annotation 'Site of St Martin's Chapel & Burial Ground'. The neighbouring farmstead, Ballakilmartin, perpetuates both the dedication, and knowledge of the existence, of the chapel.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) investigated the site and found that the farm road and the adjacent hedge cut through the chapel, leaving the remains of the south and east walls. Traces of the foundations also survived beneath the hedge.
The south wall was most complete and survived up to a height of 0.6m; it had been 1.2m wide, and built of stone. The south end of the east wall, 1m wide, survived for a length of 2m, but was reduced to foundation level to the north. The north wall was entirely destroyed, but traces of the west gable survived sufficient to suggest that the doorway may have been located off-centre towards the SW corner. The surviving structural remains suggest a building measuring 5.5 by 2.7m overall.
The Survey found the base of the altar centred against the east wall; it had been about 1.5m wide and 0.6m deep. Some evidence for stone paving survived, and white quartz pebbles were also present close by the foundation of the altar.
Pottery sherds were found in the vicinity of the west wall, prompting the Survey to suggest the presence of Bronze Age burial activity on the site. The surviving sherds indicated a vessel of 300mm diameter.
The Survey suggested that the enclosure then surrounding the chapel could not have accommodated the burial activity known to have taken place around the chapel as agricultural work had disturbed lintel graves and human remains.
Medieval chapel.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 marks the site of a chapel and burial ground, with the annotation 'Site of St Martin's Chapel & Burial Ground'. The neighbouring farmstead, Ballakilmartin, perpetuates both the dedication, and knowledge of the existence, of the chapel.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) investigated the site and found that the farm road and the adjacent hedge cut through the chapel, leaving the remains of the south and east walls. Traces of the foundations also survived beneath the hedge.
The south wall was most complete and survived up to a height of 0.6m; it had been 1.2m wide, and built of stone. The south end of the east wall, 1m wide, survived for a length of 2m, but was reduced to foundation level to the north. The north wall was entirely destroyed, but traces of the west gable survived sufficient to suggest that the doorway may have been located off-centre towards the SW corner. The surviving structural remains suggest a building measuring 5.5 by 2.7m overall.
The Survey found the base of the altar centred against the east wall; it had been about 1.5m wide and 0.6m deep. Some evidence for stone paving survived, and white quartz pebbles were also present close by the foundation of the altar.
Medieval burial ground.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 marks the site of a chapel and burial ground, with the annotation 'Site of St Martin's Chapel & Burial Ground'.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) later noted the survival of a small enclosure surrounding the chapel, perhaps indicating the original extent of the cemetery.
Medieval lintel graves.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 marks the site of a chapel and burial ground, with the annotation 'Site of St Martin's Chapel & Burial Ground'.
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) suggested that the enclosure then surrounding the chapel could not have accommodated the burial activity known to have taken place around the chapel as agricultural work had disturbed lintel graves and human remains in the neighbouring fields and across the line of the farm track.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Big Shower Field'.
The site has not been identified and the grid reference relates to the site of 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 single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Field Across Railway from Glebe'.
The description appears to relate to the eastern portion of what was formerly OS Field no. 1125, prior to the construction of the railway line, and is centred at the grid reference provided.
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 Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley from the 'Field Behind House'.
The description appears to indicate OS Field no. 1985, which is centred at the grid reference provided.
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 Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Field Between House And Plantation'.
The description would appear to refer to OS Field no. 2041, which is centred at the grid reference provided.
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 Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Heart's Tongue Fern Field'.
The site has not been 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Field next to Glebe'.
The description appears to relate to the eastern portion of what was formerly OS Field no. 1125, prior to the construction of the railway line, and is centred at the grid reference provided.
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 Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Field off Dub Field'.
The description appears to relate to OS Field no. 1979, which is centred at the grid reference provided.
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 Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Potato Butt Field'.
The site has not been 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.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballakilmurray by CH Cowley, from the 'Wild Appletree Field'.
The description appears to relate to OS Field no. 1982, which is centred at the grid reference provided.
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 scatter of circa seventy flints found at the Glebe, in the field numbered 1974 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The flints are Mesolithic 'Bann' type artefacts and include arrowheads, a hammerstone, a knife, a scraper and spearheads. A Mesolithic axehead was also found in association with these 'Bann' flints 'by the pond in the field north of the Glebe'.
A scatter of circa seventy flints found at the Glebe, in the field numbered 1974 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The flints are Mesolithic 'Bann' type artefacts and include arrowheads, a hammerstone, a knife, a scraper and spearheads. A Mesolithic axehead was also found in association with these 'Bann' flints 'by the pond in the field north of the Glebe'.
A scatter of circa seventy flints found at the Glebe, in the field numbered 1974 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The flints are Mesolithic 'Bann' type artefacts and include arrowheads, a hammerstone, a knife, a scraper and spearheads.
This record appears to be for a Mesolithic axehead which was found, apparently in association with these 'Bann' flints, 'by the pond in the field north of the Glebe', which may indicate that it came from a different field parcel or different location.
A record for an unspecified Neolithic find at Ballakilmurray.
A scatter of circa seventy flints found at the Glebe, in the field numbered 1974 on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. The flints are Mesolithic 'Bann' type artefacts and include arrowheads, a hammerstone, a knife, a scraper and spearheads. A Mesolithic axehead was also found in association with these 'Bann' flints 'by the pond in the field north of the Glebe'.
