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Monument Number 30621
Hob Uid: 30621
Location : Isle Of Man Middle Douglas
Grid Ref : SC3859077830
Summary : The White Lady standing stone marks the site of a keeill and cemetery. Bronze Age cremations have been found and several coffins uncovered in the past.
More information : (SC 38597783) Chapel & Burial Ground (NR) (site of) (1) Keeill or chapel. AD 500-1000. (Shown). (2) Glencrutchery. OS particulars: 'Well-known in the district as the site of an Ancient Chapel and Burial Ground. The authorities mentioned have frequently seen stone coffins raised, containing a soft matter. The site is marked by a stone, and no vestige of the boundary is visible.' Authorities quoted are Mr W H Cubbin, Summerhill; Mr R Killip, Onchan; Mr T Quine, Burnt Mill Hill. (a) Some large quartz boulders have given it the name, 'White Lady'. Graves have been found and traces of cremation, showing that, as in other instances, the keeill was set on the site of a Bronze Age burial. See illustration. (3) 'The White Lady'. [Listed under pre-Christian Remains - Megalithic] Stone graves and pottery have been found. (a) (4) (SC 38597783) Chapel (NR) (Site of) (NAT) (5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1867-8
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Source details : Distribution Map of Keeills Manx Museum
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Manx Archaeological Survey 5th Rep 1918 (1935) 10 fn Illus (P M C Kermode)
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Original OS Object Name Book 1866-72 [destroyed 1940]
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : List of Manx Antiquities 1930 58 (P M C Kermode)
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : Manx Society Publication 5 (1860) 62 (H R Oswald)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : OS 6" 1958
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Standing Stone
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Standing Stone
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Christian
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Monument Type : Cemetery, Chapel
Evidence : Find, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SC 37 NE 16
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Monument Number 30621