The findspot of a Neolithic flint scatter, including worked flint flakes and blades of Ronaldsway type as well as part of a dark igneous stone axehead.
The findspot of an early prehistoric flint scatter where "prehistoric" pottery, worked stones and flints, made reference to in the Manx Folk Life Survey.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballaugh by CH Cowley, from the 'Brooghs'.
No further details concerning the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to the midpoint on the coastline 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.
The site of the burial ground of the old Parish Church of St Mary, Ballaugh. The church was rebuilt in 1717 although the church registers date back to 1598. The site is thought likely to have been occupied by an early medieval keeill but no trace of such has been found. A Scandanavian cross-slab found in the churchyard is now kept inside the church.
A 19th century Wesleyan Methodist chapel is shown in the heart of the hamlet here on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It no longer stands and the site is now a wooded parcel. This lineage of chapels at Ballaugh village began when the land was sold in 1778 to Thomas Clark, who conveyed it to a body of trustees on 19 December 1791; the first chapel built here proved too small and was enlarged with additional land in 1806. A new, second village Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1868, after which the earlier chapel building was repurposed as a Sunday school and hall.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Ballaugh by CH Cowley, from the 'Curragh'.
No further details concerning the discovery were recorded and the grid reference relates to a midpoint in the curragh 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.
The site of the old parish Church of St Mary, Ballaugh which was rebuilt in 1717 although the church registers date back to 1598. The site is thought likely to have been occupied by an early medieval keeill but no trace of such has been found. A Scandanavian cross-slab found in the churchyard is now kept inside the church.
Ballaugh Old Church, dedicated to St Mary de Ballaugh, stands at The Cronk, about 1.5 miles north of the present village, on a site first recorded in a Papal Bull of 1231 and, like other ancient Manx parish churches, almost certainly the successor to earlier Celtic and Norse churches. The church holds an 11th-century Runic Cross, the only one found in Ballaugh, showing the hand of the noted sculptor Gaut, with weathered runic lettering commemorating "Ouliabr Loitulfsunr" in memory of his son Ulb. In 1717, Bishop Thomas Wilson had the church lengthened by 21 feet and gave it a simple baroque west front topped with a bell-cote. In 1877 the grave of a young chieftain, predating the arrival of Christianity on the Island by centuries, was uncovered about 100 yards east of the churchyard wall. The church now standing dates from a rebuilding in 1832, after the parish's active worship moved to the newer church in Ballaugh village.
Ballaugh Parish War Memorial stands on Glen Road in the village of Ballaugh. Beyond its status as the parish's registered war memorial, no further verifiable detail, such as its unveiling date, designer, or dedication, could be confirmed online.
Memorial set in a yellow sandstone plinth with a Celtic cross at the top. There are two bronze plaques towards the base.
The memorial was unveiled on 6 April 1921 by Lieutenant Governor Major-General Sir William Fry, K.C.V.O., C.B.
18 names listed alphabetically; First World War.
3 names listed alphabetically; Second World War.
A marble obelisk, surmounted by a cross, rises from a block of red stone, on which is inscribed the names of the fallen on panels of marble. This block rests on three steps of red stone.
The memorial was unveiled on 10 November 1921, by Mr J.F. Crellin, M.C. and The Venerable Archdeacon dedicated the memorial. Wreaths were placed by the relatives; by the ex-soldiers represented by Mr Frederick Caley, M.M; by the school children and by the committee. The parish committee consisted of Messrs J. Wade, R. Corlett, S.D. Jelley, John Teare, J.T. Quayle, J. Quayle, P. Mylcharaine, T.H. Kneen (treasurer), J.T. Teare (Hon. Secretary) and the Rev. T.R. Kneale (chairman). The dimensions of the cross were drawn out by Mr A. Knox. The memorial was erected by Mr Edward Christian of Ramsey.
Medieval pinfold.
The parish pinfold for Ballaugh stood on the east side of the Ballaugh river at the Dollagh. It was annotated as such on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869, and was given the OS Plot no. 0871, centred at the grid reference provided.
In 1940 the pinfold was described as 26 feet square, with its entrance in the centre of the north wall. The entrance was marked by two jamb-stones standing over 5 feet tall, and 15 inches broad. No lintel survived at this time.
The pinfold has since been demolished and only the line of its south wall is apparent, marked by a length of hedge.
Each parish was responsible for the maintenance and repair of its own pinfold. Their origins are uncertain although an early statute of 1422 confirms that the customary laws relating to their maintenance and use were already well established.
A crouched inhumation burial was found in the 19th century within a cist, thought to be of Bronze Age date and probably within a denuded barrow. The burial was found on the Rectory Glebe about 100 metres north of the old church.
A cist within the outline of a surrounding circle was reportedly found in 1877 on the Rectory Glebe about 100 metres north of the old church. It was recorded as a short cist with crouched inhumation burial. There is no visible trace of a barrow, cist or retaining circle in an area now.
