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<< Our Photo Pages >> Giant's grave (St John's) - Cist in Channel Islands and Isle of Man in Isle of Man

Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 18 October 2014  Page Views: 2642

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giant's grave (St John's)
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man Island: Isle of Man Type: Cist
 Nearest Village: Saint Johns
Map Ref: SC27758193
Latitude: 54.204091N  Longitude: 4.642432W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Cist in Isle of Man

A cist right by the roadside and in the wall, easy to spot.
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 180m SE 127° Ballaharra stones Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 1.5km NNW 346° Giant's Grave (Isle of Man)* Chambered Tomb (SC27438340)
 2.2km ESE 119° Chibbyr Roney* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC296808)
 3.0km N 352° Staarvey Farm Cist burial Cist
 3.0km N 355° Meir ny Foawr (Knocksharry) Stone Circle (SC27588495)
 4.4km ESE 111° St Trinian's Chapel (Marown) Ancient Cross (SC31778023)
 4.4km WNW 303° St Patrick’s Isle and Monk's Tower* Early Christian Sculptured Stone
 4.4km WNW 295° Peel Hill round mounds* Cairn
 4.5km WNW 282° Corrin's Tower* Modern Stone Circle etc
 5.5km SE 124° Marown Old Church Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC3215378674)
 5.5km N 8° Ballakaighen* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC287874)
 5.6km SE 133° St. Patrick's Chair* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SC3165577946)
 5.7km N 10° Corvalley Cairn* Cairn (SC28938747)
 5.7km SE 135° St Ronan's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC3162077766)
 5.7km ESE 106° Keill Vreeshey (Crosby) Sculptured Stone (SC332802)
 7.1km SE 136° Braaid Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC325766)
 7.2km SE 136° The Braaid* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC32517655)
 7.4km ESE 114° White Lady of Ballafreer* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.6km NNE 19° Michael Standing Stone and rock art* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SC30468908)
 8.3km NNE 23° Cronk Guckley mounds* Round Barrow(s) (SC31238945)
 9.3km SE 140° Speke Keeill Ancient Burial Site Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SC335746)
 9.8km NE 51° Druidale* Ancient Village or Settlement (SC356878)
 10.1km S 188° Chibbyr Undin* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SC2672)
 10.9km SSE 154° Ballakelly* Chambered Tomb (SC32147199)
 11.1km S 178° The Monks' Well (Ballasalla)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring
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Re: Giant's grave (St John's) (Street View) by MegalithicDania on Wednesday, 27 June 2018
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Re: Giant's grave (St John's) by sem on Monday, 17 July 2017
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OSGR calculated from Lat/Long given above SC2775281933
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Re: Giant's grave (St John's) by ShamrockStone on Monday, 30 March 2015
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Coordinates are: 54.204120N, 4.642400W, taken by GPS [Updated]
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