Prehistoric flint scatter. A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballaquane by CH Cowley, from 'The Turrets garden'. The house is located 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 small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the 'Brewery Field' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from 'F. Keigs Field' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the 'Field Behind Garden' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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 small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from the 'Field Behind Laughton's Garden' near Ballaquane House by C.H. Cowley, (NGR 225320 484240). No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. 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.

Modern horsewalk. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a horsewalk at this location. The barn to which it was attached, located to the immediate north, still survives (or has been replaced on the same footprint), but the circular platform itself appears to have been removed to make way for a more recent outbuilding.

A scatter of Neolithic flints found at Ballaquane.

A scatter of Mesolithic ’Bann’ type flints found at Ballaquane.

A scatter of Mesolithic ’Bann’ type flints found at Ballaquane.

A scatter of Mesolithic flints found at Ballaquane.

A scatter of Mesolithic flints found at Ballaquane.

A scatter of Neolithic flints found at Ballaquane.

The supposed site of a hut circle was in this area. It was said to measure about 6 metres in diameter and was still traceable about 1880. It was located "in the middle of the Dalby road above Glen Meaye, about 150 yards from the junction of the ancient footpath called Nathan, from the Glen Meaye mill."

Modern gun battery. A gun battery was constructed near Ballaquayle stream in 1793, as part of a wider response to the threat posed by foreign privateers to the Island's coastline and its shipping. The battery appears to have been designed as one of several placed around Douglas Bay to provide interlocking fields of fire from one end of the bay to the other. It is not clear how many guns the Ballaquayle battery was designed to accommodate, nor whether they were ever mounted, as the site is not mentioned in a subsequent inventory of 1803. Curphey places the Ballaquayle battery on the south side of the stream (which is now largely culverted underground) approximately at the grid reference provided. There is no sign of earthworks in the area now, which is mostly occupied by a modern bowling green.

Medieval chapel, burial ground and lintel graves. Five graves were discovered in 1915 in the course of the removal of a tradition sod hedge (field boundary) ahead of construction of a new school. The graves were aligned approximately NE-SW, roughly along the line of the existing road. Human bones were present, but 'almost perished'. The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) considered the remains, based on the form of burial in stone lintel graves, to represent part of a Christian cemetery. The Survey viewed the remains to be an extension of a graveyard extending to the other side of the road, based on the existence of a slight, flat, circular mound in the field immediately beyond. The Survey further suggested that this mound could mark the former presence of a chapel. No further graves were found during the subsequent development of the school (now St Ninian's High School). No finds were reported during the later residential development of the land on the NW side of the road.

Medieval burial ground. Five graves were discovered in 1915 in the course of the removal of a tradition sod hedge (field boundary) ahead of construction of a new school. The graves were aligned approximately NE-SW, roughly along the line of the existing road. Human bones were present, but 'almost perished'. The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) suggested that the existence of a slight, flat, circular mound in the field on the NW of the road could mark the former presence of a chapel and burial ground, and viewed the discovery as an extension of the graveyard. No finds were reported during the later residential development of the land on the NW side of the road.

Medieval lintel graves. Five graves were discovered in 1915 in the course of the removal of a tradition sod hedge (field boundary) ahead of construction of a new school. The graves were aligned approximately NE-SW, roughly along the line of the existing road. Human bones were present, but 'almost perished'. The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) considered the remains, based on the form of burial in stone lintel graves, to represent part of a Christian cemetery. No further graves were found during the subsequent development of the school (now St Ninian's High School). No finds were reported during the later residential development of the land on the NW side of the road. It is possible that the round, flat-topped mound reportedly still present in 1918 may have been coincidental.

The site of an early medieval chapel and burial ground at Ballaquayle, which occupies a commanding position at the head of a steep glen, looking northwards. Dr Oswald recorded 'a few graves visible' here in 1860. Excavations by S. Cregeen have uncovered a number of lintel graves, confirming that this is the site of a keeill.

Modern mill leat. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building at Ballaquayle farm. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat, and would have processed agricultural produce for the farm. The ultimate source of the mill's water supply was stream to the east of the farm, from which a 280m leat fed the millpond above the farmstead. The line of the leat is for the most part obscured where it crosses agricultural land, but the channel still survives within the stream gully from where the draw-off point was located. The grid reference refers to this.

The site of an early medieval keeill and burial ground which is also probably the original location of a cross slab now held at the Manx Museum (cross-slab number 19).

This broken and badly weathered boulder is reputed to have been found at Ballaquayle keeill (IOMHER 0257.00). It appears to bear the remains of a six-limbed cross, representing a 'Chi-Rho', set within a circular frame.

Medieval chapel. Five graves were discovered in 1915 in the course of the removal of a tradition sod hedge (field boundary) ahead of construction of a new school. The graves were aligned approximately NE-SW, roughly along the line of the existing road. Human bones were present, but 'almost perished'. The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) suggested that the existence of a slight, flat, circular mound in the field on the NW of the road could mark the former presence of a chapel and burial ground, and viewed the discovery as an extension of the graveyard. No finds were reported during the later residential development of the land on the NW side of the road.

The site of an early medieval chapel and burial ground at Ballaquayle, whch occupies a commanding position at the head of a steep glen, looking northwards. Dr Oswald recorded 'a few graves visible' here in 1860. Excavations by S. Cregeen have uncovered a number of lintel graves, confirming that this is the site of a keeill.

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 at Ballaquayle farm. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat, and would have processed agricultural produce for the farm. The mill was supplied by a leat leading 140m to a millpond above the farm. This in turn was supplied by a leat drawing water from a stream 280m away to the east of the farm. The mill building still survives.

Modern watermill. The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868-9 shows a building at the grid reference provided at Ballaquayle farm. There is no annotation, but the building is served by a millpond and leat, and would have processed agricultural produce for the farm. The building still survives.