Medieval chapel. The site was investigated by the Manx Archaeological Survey in 1908. The Survey found that the chapel is irregularly shaped, having a rhomboid plan with maximum internal dimensions of 4.9 by 3.2m. The doorway is at the west end and traces of windows survive towards the east end of the south wall and in the east gable. The base of the altar is at the east end, measuring 1.3 by 1m and surviving to a height of 0.2m. The exterior of the walls are partially obscured by collapsed masonry, now grass-covered.
The Survey found the fragmentary remains of two compass-drawn crosses during the investigation of the altar, Manx Crosses 44 and 45 (now lost), and about 150 white quartz pebbles were also noted in and around the altar.
This small slab was found broken in two at Ballaquinney keeill during excavations by the Manx Archaeological Survey in 1908. The two fragments bear the remains of a simple cross formed from compass arcs and set in a circular frame.
This fragment was found amongst surface rubble in 1908 during excavations at Ballaquinney Keeill (IOMHER 0304.00) by the Manx Archaeological Survey. It bore compass-drawn markings defining the end of the arm of a cross and encircling ring. It was lost prior to 1932.
Prehistoric burial cist.
Kermode (1930) records the discovery of a burial cist in the stackyard at Ballaquirk farm, by Dr Bradbury of Laxey in c1875.
No further finds are recorded.
The grid reference relates to the centre of the haggard, or stackyard, now a domestic curtilage.
Medieval chapel, burial ground and lintel graves.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballaquirk, together with the annotation, 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground'.
The OS particulars stated 'In a field situated a short distance W of Farmhill Cottage is the well-known site of an Ancient Chapel and Burial Ground; the remains of the chapel were removed a few years ago while improving the field. A few weeks ago Dr Oliver, of Douglas, turned up three stone-lined graves containing human skeletons. Authorities quoted are: Mr Piggott, Farmhill Cottage; Dr Oliver, Douglas; Mr Quine.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described it as 'long ago ploughed over. On one of the maps of the Island this is marked as Keeill Pherick, but the name does not seem to be remembered now.' The Survey does not specify the map it refers to.
There are no obvious above-ground remains on the site today.
Medieval chapel.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballaquirk, together with the annotation, 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground'.
The OS particulars stated 'In a field situated a short distance W of Farmhill Cottage is the well-known site of an Ancient Chapel and Burial Ground; the remains of the chapel were removed a few years ago while improving the field.... Authorities quoted are: Mr Piggott, Farmhill Cottage; Dr Oliver, Douglas; Mr Quine.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described it as 'long ago ploughed over. On one of the maps of the Island this is marked as Keeill Pherick, but the name does not seem to be remembered now.' The Survey does not specify the map it refers to.
There are no obvious above-ground remains on the site today.
Medieval burial ground.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballaquirk, together with the annotation, 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground'.
The OS particulars stated 'In a field situated a short distance W of Farmhill Cottage is the well-known site of an Ancient Chapel and Burial Ground; the remains of the chapel were removed a few years ago while improving the field. A few weeks ago Dr Oliver, of Douglas, turned up three stone-lined graves containing human skeletons. Authorities quoted are: Mr Piggott, Farmhill Cottage; Dr Oliver, Douglas; Mr Quine.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described it as 'long ago ploughed over.'
There is no sign of a burial ground enclosure, but the arrangement of the nearby field boundaries suggest that they may have been positioned in deference to a site at this location.
There are no obvious above-ground remains on the site today.
Medieval lintel graves.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1867-8 shows a chapel and burial ground at this location on Ballaquirk, together with the annotation, 'Site of Chapel & Burial Ground'.
The OS particulars stated 'In a field situated a short distance W of Farmhill Cottage is the well-known site of an Ancient Chapel and Burial Ground; the remains of the chapel were removed a few years ago while improving the field. A few weeks ago Dr Oliver, of Douglas, turned up three stone-lined graves containing human skeletons. Authorities quoted are: Mr Piggott, Farmhill Cottage; Dr Oliver, Douglas; Mr Quine.'
The Manx Archaeological Survey (1918) described it as 'long ago ploughed over.'
There is no sign of a burial ground enclosure, but the arrangement of the nearby field boundaries suggest that they may have been positioned in deference to a site at this location. There is no record of where Dr Oliver's finds were made, in the absence of which the grid reference relates to the OS location.
There are no obvious above-ground remains on the site today.
Stone cists have been reported in the past as being uncovered whilst digging drainage trenches in the field to the east of the Round Ellan earthwork (PRN 0362.10). The authorities given for this information were the Venerable Archdeacon J.C. Moore. M.A., Mr F. Ratcliffe, and Mr D. Quirk, Kirk Andreas.
Bronze Age burial mound. The mound has a diameter of 14m and stands about 1.2m high. It is a widely visible landmark despite its low height. A quarry ditch was once apparent around the base of the mound but this is no longer visible. A piece of worked flint has been recovered as a chance find.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1870 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill. The mill was supplied by a leat and millpond, both of which still survive and provide water to a modern fish farm. The tail race would appear to have been culverted from the gable of the mill to a point just above the cliffline, over which it emptied onto the shore.
A ditchless grass covered bowl barrow with a diameter of 16.0 metres and an average height of 1.1 metres. No stones are visible and there is no visible trace of any other barrow in the vicinity.
The Folk Life Survey recorded a large tumulus on Ballagilbert in the field known locally as Magher ny Grongan. Mr Taggart, the tenant in 1918, said there had been others 'of earth with graves at the bottom' and that this remaining one had 'a circle of large stone round it'.
Mr Connal, a later tenant, had always known this field as Magher ny Grongan and there is a local tradition that the dead from a nearby battle were buried here.
Many years ago archaeologists began an excavation of the mound but were stopped before they completed the work by Mr Taggart who blamed the activity for the mysterious death of some of his cattle.
Ballasalla is a village in the parish of Malew in the south of the Isle of Man, situated on the Silverburn river. It is the location of Rushen Abbey, the medieval Cistercian monastery that was the most important religious house on the Island, and has long served as a crossing point on routes between Castletown and Douglas.
A post-medieval church at Ballasalla. The foundation stone of the church was laid by Lady Ridgeway in 1885 and the church was dedicated in October 1897.
