Public heritage · Early medieval / Viking Age

Chapel Hill, Balladoole Ship Burial

An excavated Viking Age ship burial within the multi-period Chapel Hill landscape.

Also recorded as: Balladoole; Balladoole Viking ship burial

What the evidence supports

Excavation in 1944–45 identified the burial from surviving rivets after the timber had decayed. A boat-shaped arrangement of stones now marks the public monument; the mapped point is for respectful heritage interpretation only.

Location and precision

Public point · uncertainty about 20 m. IOMHER public monument point for Chapel Hill ship burial (0001.30).

Why this public geometry is safe: The point is the IOMHER public monument position and the visible stone outline is presented for respectful heritage interpretation.

54.07964, -4.68110
IOMHER public monument point for Chapel Hill ship burial (0001.30).

Access is not implied

Publicly documented heritage place; check current opening information, ownership, paths and on-site notices before visiting.

Legal note

On the Isle of Man, metal-detector use in a protected area requires written Manx National Heritage consent, and digging or excavation on any land to search for archaeological objects requires an MNH licence. Landowner permission alone is not enough.

Read the primary-source legal guide.

Sensitivity note

Public; Protected archaeology; Burial site

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