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<< Our Photo Pages >> Meayll Hill - Chambered Cairn in Channel Islands and Isle of Man in Isle of Man

Submitted by vicky on Thursday, 12 February 2004  Page Views: 15591

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meayll Hill Alternative Name: Mull Hill; Meayl Circle
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man
NOTE: This site is 0.542 km away from the location you searched for.
Island: Isle of Man Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Douglas  Nearest Village: Cregneash
Map Ref: SC18956778
Map Number: 95
Latitude: 54.074035N  Longitude: 4.768691W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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
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markj99 visited on 22nd Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Meayll Hill Stone Circle / Chambered Cairn is a unique monument. It is apparently 6 double cist chambers arranged equidistantly on the perimeter of a circle. A visit is strongly recommended.

BolshieBoris visited on 3rd Nov 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Lovely spot at the southern end of the Island, the walk though short can be pretty steep so stout footwear recommended.

ShamrockStone Bladup h_fenton FrothNinja have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4

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Meayll Hill submitted by h_fenton : Mull Circle / Meayll Circle Summer 2000 (Vote or comment on this photo)
MEAYLL Circle, pronounced "Mull" on the isle of Man, is found on the little road to Port Erin out of Cregneish museum-village, unsignposted but only just out of sight up the hill to the right. It is about 17 paces diameter circle on a flat area just off the brow of the hill, at the top of which is a neolithic hut-village much despoiled by recent (1940s concrete?) military activity.

The form of the cyst circle is unique (therefore a must-see) being six pairs of coffin-sized cysts curved around the circle, each pair separated by an antechamber radiating outwards. No stone is very high, but all are well preserved. There are wider spacings at south (-path to hill-village) and north (-aligned downhill to sea at Port Erin bay and across to Bradda Head).

Easy to park with wide verge on single track road, a short walk (about 200 yds) but the last bit is steep and needs stout footwear. Awesome location, with great views to north and west.
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Meayll Hill submitted by ShamrockStone : Meayll Hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Meayll Hill submitted by howe : One of the six chambers showing the general arrangement of opposed compartments and passage. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Meayll Hill submitted by howe : This unusual monument consists of six roofless T-shaped chambers, each comprised of two opposed compartments entered via a passage, set in a circle. Neolithic pottery and cremations were discovered when the site was excavated in 1893 and 1911. Although it has been suggested that this was an open site, a wall face in line with the outer ends of the passages has been more recently identified and cai... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Meayll Hill submitted by howe : View of the western chamber and part of the original dry stone walling of the cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Meayll Hill submitted by bolshieboris : Meayill Hill - 28-10-2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Meayll Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Panorama with my phone at Meayll Hill, 3rd August 2014.

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Meayll Hill submitted by stuhyde : One of the chambers on the hill. I chose to cycle to visit a range of sites on the Isle. Getting to Meayll Hill involved a steep climb from Port Erin, but worth it. It is a very good site, with stunning views. (2 comments)

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : The mull circle (Meayll Hill) was quite clearly once an embanked stone circle, you can see that people in prehistory broke up the circle stones (Ii was putting them back together in my head very successfully when i realised what the place originally was) and built the chambered cairns where the standing stones were once stood on the inside of the bank, a very beautiful place indeed.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : The mull circle (Meayll Hill) was quite clearly once an embanked stone circle, you can see that people in prehistory broke up the circle stones (I was putting them back together in my head very successfully when i realised what the place originally was) and built the chambered cairns where the standing stones were once stood on the inside of the bank, a very beautiful place indeed.

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Meayll Hill submitted by sveta : Sunset on the chambered tomb.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Kammer : Meayll Circle, viewed from the south east, with Port Erin in the background. Taken 26th August 2003.

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Meayll Hill submitted by TimPrevett : Looking from inside one of the large cists across the circle at Meayll Hill, 3rd August 2014.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : Meayll Hill.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : The esquisite Meayll Hill circle.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : One of the chambers at Meayll Hill circle.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : Meayll Hill.

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Meayll Hill submitted by Bladup : Sunset at Meayll Hill.

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Meayll Hill submitted by stuhyde : View from Meayll Hill

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Re: Meayll Hill by sem on Monday, 17 July 2017
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OS grid ref based on XY co-ordinates from Isle of Man iMuseum SC1895167782
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Cup-marked rocks on the Meayll Peninsula by Andy B on Thursday, 12 January 2017
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Cup-marked rocks on the Meayll Peninsula, from Isle of Man Studies XIV: 30-44.
A summary of survey work on the Meayll Peninsula from 1994/5.
Includes a catalogue of many cup marks

https://www.academia.edu/27617800/
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Re: Meayll Hill by ShamrockStone on Monday, 30 March 2015
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Coordinates are 54.074050N, 4.768680W (taken by GPS) [Updated]
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Re: Meayill Hill by BolshieBoris on Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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Condition: 3
Ambience: 5
Access: 4
Accuracy: 4
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    Re: Meayill Hill by BolshieBoris on Tuesday, 03 November 2009
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    Oops, thought this was just for the ratings. Easy to park with wide verge on single track road, a short walk (about 200 yds) but the last bit is steep and needs stout footwear. Awesome location, was lucky to have a sunny afternoon, with great views to north and west. Six 'entrances' each flanked by a pair of coffin-sized chambers, was wondering if these have any astronomical alignments? Definitely worth a visit. Hoped to get to the museum in Creagnish but was too late in the day.
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Re: Meayill Hill by glen on Monday, 02 July 2007
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Condition:4
Ambience:4
Access:3
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Re: Meayill Hill by glen on Monday, 02 July 2007
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MEAYLL Circle (not meayill) pronounced "Mull" on the isle of Man is found on the little road to Port Erin out of Cregneish museum-village, unsignposted but only just out of sight up the hill to the right. It is about 17 paces diameter circle on a flat area just off the brow of the hill, at the top of which is a neolithic hut-village much despoiled by recent (1940s concrete?) military activity. The form of the cyst circle is unique (therefore a must-see) being in pairs of coffin-sized cysts curved around the circle, each pair separated by an antechamber radiating outwards. No stone is very high, but all are well preserved. There are wider spacings at south (-path to hill-village) and north (-aligned downhill to sea at Port Erin bay and across to Bradda Head). When i visited in June '07 there seemed to be a small cavity of local slates appearing in the grass under the middle of the north 'entrance' unmentioned in the guide-books.
Views gorgeous, whole area picturesque - an ancient landscape.
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Re: Meayll Hill by Anonymous on Wednesday, 24 August 2005
There is a theory that this site is located where it is because it looks across Port Erin Bay towards Bradda Head, which is said to look like a sleeping giant. Don't believe me? I will post a photo of the view foryou to make your own mind up...
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