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| name = Mull Hill
| name = Meayll Hill
|other_name = ''Cronk Meayll''
| photo = MullHill MullCircle.jpg
| photo = MullHill MullCircle.jpg
| photo_caption = Mull Circle on top of Mull Hill, looking towards [[Port Erin]]
| photo_caption = Meayll Circle on top of Meayll Hill, looking north towards [[Port Erin]]
| elevation_m = 169
| elevation_m = 169
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| prominence = ''c.'' 154 m
| prominence = ''c.'' 154 m
| listing = [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]]
| listing = [[Marilyn (hill)|Marilyn]]
| location = [[Isle of Man]]
| location = Rushen, [[Isle of Man]]
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'''Mull Hill''' ([[Manx language|Manx]]: '''Cronk Meayll'''; also called Meayll Hill or The Mull) is a small hill at the southern end of the [[Isle of Man]], just outside the village of [[Cregneash]]. It is the site of a [[chambered cairn]] called Mull Circle or Meayll Circle. Near the summit of the hill also lie the remains of a World War II [[Chain Home Low]] [[Range and Direction Finding|RDF]] station.
'''Meayll Hill''' ([[Manx language|Manx]]: ''Cronk Meayll''; also called The Mull) is a small hill in the exclave of [[Rushen]] parish at the southern end of the [[Isle of Man]], just outside the village of [[Cregneash]]. It is the site of a [[chambered cairn]] called Meayll Circle or Mull Circle. Near the summit of the hill also lie the remains of a World War II [[Chain Home Low]] [[Range and Direction Finding|RDF]] station.


Mull Hill Stone Circle is a unique archaeological monument. It consists of 12 burial chambers placed in a ring, with 6 entrance passages leading into each pair of chambers. Sherds of ornate pottery, charred bones, flint tools and white quartz pebbles have been found in burial chambers. This archaeological monument was built around 3500 BC; it is a site of legends with diverse stories about haunting.
Meayll Hill Stone Circle is a unique archaeological monument. It consists of twelve burial chambers placed in a ring, with six entrance passages each leading into a pair of chambers. Sherds of ornate pottery, charred bones, flint tools and white quartz pebbles have been found in the burial chambers. It was built around 3500 BC; it is a site of legends, with diverse stories about haunting.


The word ''Meayll'' means "bald" in [[Manx language|Manx]] Gaelic.
The word ''Meayll'' means "bald" in [[Manx language|Manx Gaelic]].
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== Meayll Circle ==
== Meayll Circle ==
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|first=Philip Moore Callow
|first=Philip Moore Callow
|author-link=P. M. C. Kermode
|author-link=P. M. C. Kermode
|year=1893
|date=June 1894
|date=June 1894
|editor-last=Allen]]
|editor-last=Allen
|editor-first=[[J. Romilly]]
|editor-first=J. Romilly
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|contribution=The Meayll Stone Circle, Isle of Man
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|contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vIRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PRA1-PA1
|journal=The Illustrated Archaeologist
|journal=The Illustrated Archaeologist
|volume=I
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|publication-place=London
|publication-place=London
|pages=1–8
|pages=1–8
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vIRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2vIRAAAAYAAJ
|title=The illustrated archaeologist: a quarterly journal, devoted to the study of the antiquities of Great Britain; the development of the arts and industries of man in past ages; and the survivals of ancient usages and appliances in the present
|title=The illustrated archaeologist: a quarterly journal, devoted to the study of the antiquities of Great Britain; the development of the arts and industries of man in past ages; and the survivals of ancient usages and appliances in the present
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|first=Philip Moore Callow
|first1=Philip Moore Callow
|author-link=P. M. C. Kermode
|author-link=P. M. C. Kermode
|last2=Herdman
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'''Citations'''
'''Citations'''
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==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 18:21, 1 November 2024

Meayll Hill
Cronk Meayll
Meayll Circle on top of Meayll Hill, looking north towards Port Erin
Highest point
Elevation169 m (554 ft)
Prominencec. 154 m
ListingMarilyn
Coordinates54°04′27″N 4°46′07″W / 54.0740534°N 4.76866°W / 54.0740534; -4.76866
Geography
Map
LocationRushen, Isle of Man
OS gridSC189676
Topo map(s)OS Landranger 95
IOM Outdoor Leisure Map (S)

Meayll Hill (Manx: Cronk Meayll; also called The Mull) is a small hill in the exclave of Rushen parish at the southern end of the Isle of Man, just outside the village of Cregneash. It is the site of a chambered cairn called Meayll Circle or Mull Circle. Near the summit of the hill also lie the remains of a World War II Chain Home Low RDF station.

Meayll Hill Stone Circle is a unique archaeological monument. It consists of twelve burial chambers placed in a ring, with six entrance passages each leading into a pair of chambers. Sherds of ornate pottery, charred bones, flint tools and white quartz pebbles have been found in the burial chambers. It was built around 3500 BC; it is a site of legends, with diverse stories about haunting.

The word Meayll means "bald" in Manx Gaelic.

Meayll Circle

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  • The Stone Circle and artifacts
  • Three views of an adze, from Meayll Hill
    Three views of an adze, from Meayll Hill
  • Worked flints found on Meayll Hill
    Worked flints found on Meayll Hill
  • Plan of the Meayll Stone Circle
    Plan of the Meayll Stone Circle
  • Meayll Stone Circle from the east
    Meayll Stone Circle from the east
  • Meayll Stone Circle, excavated cist
    Meayll Stone Circle, excavated cist
  • Meayll Stone Circle, excavated cist (another view)
    Meayll Stone Circle, excavated cist (another view)

References

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Bibliography

  • Kermode, Philip Moore Callow (June 1894), Allen, J. Romilly (ed.), "The illustrated archaeologist: a quarterly journal, devoted to the study of the antiquities of Great Britain; the development of the arts and industries of man in past ages; and the survivals of ancient usages and appliances in the present", The Illustrated Archaeologist, I, London: Charles J. Clark (published 1894): 1–8
  • Kermode, Philip Moore Callow; Herdman, W. A. (1904), Illustrated Notes on Manks Antiquities, Liverpool{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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