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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Chapel Hill (Isle of Man) Alternative Name: BalladooleCountry: Channel Islands and Isle of Man Island: Isle of Man Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Castletown
Map Ref: SC247682
Latitude: 54.079795N Longitude: 4.681158W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The site provides evidences of habitation from Mesolithic/Neolithic periods (worked flints were found during excavation of 1945) to Middle Ages.
Right at the center of the fort perimeter a small Bronze Age cist with missing cupstone is uncovered.
Near the entrance, at the eastern side of hillfort a heathen Viking ship grave was found under a low stone cairn. The remains of two adults: a man and a woman were found buried in a boat some 11 m long. The rich grave-goods indicated that the man was a chieftain, the female was probably sacrificed to follow her master to the afterworld.
Now the outline of the ship is marked by stones.
More information is available at the Isle of Man Guide site.
Another monument - the ruins of Keeill Vael, a small Celtic chapel (keeill) is located at the western end of the fort enclosure. Chapel was dedicated to St. Michael and dated from 10th - 11th century.
Information boards are placed next to each site monument by the Manx Museum and National Trust.
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100m W 268° Keeill Vael* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC246682)
1.9km NE 50° Billown Mooar Standing Stone Standing Stones
2.8km NE 44° Billown Stone Circle (SC267701)
3.1km NE 52° Ballahot Standing Stone* Modern Stone Circle etc (SC272700)
3.3km W 276° Port St Mary Cists* Cist (SC21456868)
3.8km W 270° Giant's Quoiting Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SC20886833)
4.0km NE 47° The Monks' Well (Ballasalla)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
4.0km NNE 17° Chibbyr Undin* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC2672)
4.3km NW 322° Ballakilpheric* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SC222717)
5.2km W 278° St Catherine's Well (Port Erin)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
5.2km ENE 77° Cass ny Hawin Hillfort Hillfort (SC298692)
5.7km W 264° Meayll Hill* Chambered Cairn (SC18956778)
5.8km WSW 250° Cronk Karran* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC192664)
6.1km ENE 67° Arragon Mooar* Round Barrow(s)
7.3km ENE 70° Cronk ny Merriu* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SC317704)
8.3km ENE 61° Ballakelly* Chambered Tomb (SC32147199)
10.9km NE 52° Speke Keeill Ancient Burial Site Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SC335746)
11.4km NE 41° The Braaid* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC32517655)
11.4km NE 41° Braaid Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC325766)
11.8km NNE 34° St Ronan's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC3162077766)
12.0km NNE 33° St. Patrick's Chair* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SC3165577946)
12.8km NNE 33° Marown Old Church Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC3215378674)
13.5km NNE 19° Chibbyr Roney* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC296808)
13.9km NNE 28° St Trinian's Chapel (Marown) Ancient Cross (SC31778023)
14.0km N 11° Ballaharra stones Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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