Faaie ny Cabbal, or the Chapel Close, south of the highroad and behind Ballaugh village is still remembered as the site of an early medieval chapel or keeill and burial ground. It would have been in use between approximately AD500 and AD1000.
The ruins evidently existed in 1826 when a Mr Radcliffe gave the measurements of the chapel as "6 yards long by 4 yards broad." The site is marked on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map but in modern times a house has been built here and there is no trace of either the chapel or its burial ground.
The site of a Bronze Age cairn which has been virtually destroyed. The only trace of the cairn seen when recorded was a fairly dense scatter of stones in the area of land under plough. No surface finds were noted. The cairn is shown at this location on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The site of Ballamoar Castle. The present mansion dates to the early 20th century but was built on the site of an earlier house. It is set within a large planned park and garden area.
Ballamoar was the late 17th century home of Sir George Moore. The mansion has been demolished, but traces of watercourses supplying the gardens survive, as does a large mound known as 'The Mount' (PRN 1038.00) which is thought to have been part of the formal gardens.
Modern horsewalk.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 shows a horsewalk at this location.
It is possible that the structure still survives in undergrowth.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building at the grid reference provided. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat.
The mill served the adjacent farm, Ballamoar.
It was supplied by a leat extending 180m to a millpond, which dammed a stream flowing northwards from Barnell glen. A short tail race returned water directly to the stream.
The mill has been converted into a dwelling, named 'Mullen Beg'.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building at the grid reference provided. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat.
The mill served the adjacent farm, Ballamoar.
It was supplied by a leat and a millpond, which dammed a stream flowing northwards from Barnell glen. A short tail race returned water directly to the stream.
The mill has been converted into a dwelling, named 'Mullen Beg'.
Modern leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building a little to the east of Ballamoar Farm. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat.
The leat is 180m long. Its route is still apparent today, and the grid reference marks a point midway along its course for indicative purposes.
Modern millpond.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building a little to the east of Ballamoar Farm. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat.
The millpond covered an area of about 0.1 acres, and was centred at the grid reference provided.
It is now drained, but parts of the dam wall are still apparent.
The site of a supposed tumulus but which is thought to be of relatively recent date, possibly 18th century. It is a grass and bramble covered, steep sided, ditchless mound situated within a crescent shaped depression and in the area of decayed ornamental gardens of which it almost certainly formed a part.
Worked prehistoric flints found in Ordnance Survey Field no. 792, Ballamoar, Earystane, Rushen. The finds comprise 14 pieces of flint of indeterminate character.
The precise findspot is not recorded, and the grid reference relates to the centre of the field. The objects are in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1989-0316.
Medieval chapel and burial ground.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 shows the location of a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballamoar farm, together with the annotation, 'Chapel & Burial Ground, Keeill Vael (Ruins of)'. The OS shows the chapel itself, surrounded by a small enclosure.
The site was examined by the Manx Archaeological Survey (1915), at which point no trace of the features recorded by the OS was visible above ground. The Survey records that the site had been levelled in about 1900. A Royal Commission inspection in 1976 noted that a curvilinear length of nearby field boundary probably preserved an indication of the former line of the burial ground enclosure in which the chapel had been located.
There is no record of graves having been found.
Medieval chapel.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 shows the location of a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballamoar farm, together with the annotation, 'Chapel & Burial Ground, Keeill Vael (Ruins of)'. The OS shows the chapel itself, surrounded by a small enclosure.
The site was examined by the Manx Archaeological Survey (1915), at which point no trace of the features recorded by the OS was visible above ground. The Survey records that the site had been levelled in about 1900.
Medieval burial ground.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867 shows the location of a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballamoar farm, together with the annotation, 'Chapel & Burial Ground, Keeill Vael (Ruins of)'.
The site was examined by the Manx Archaeological Survey (1915), at which point no trace of the features recorded by the OS was visible above ground. The Survey records that the site had been levelled in about 1900. A Royal Commission inspection in 1976 noted that a curvilinear length of nearby field boundary probably preserved an indication of the former line of the burial ground enclosure.
There is no record of graves having been found.
Prehistoric worked flint.
A single worked flint of indeterminate character was found in the vicinity of Ballamona Hospital whilst digging a cable trench. The artefact was found 0.9m below the surface.
The precise findspot was not recorded but was localised to OS Field no. 1535, which was centred at the grid reference provided. The site is now occupied by the current Nobles Hospital.
The object is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1954-6113.
The site of a ploughed-down Bronze Age barrow. It is shown as a mound on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map, but 20th century land improvements have seen the site levelled.
