Ballavarry Burial Mound Explained

Ballavarry Burial Mound
Native Name Lang:	gv
Map Type:	Isle of Man
Location:	Ballavarry Andreas
Region:	Isle of Man
Epochs:	Bronze Age
Coordinates:	54.3592°N -4.457°W
Map:	Wikidata: yes

Ballavarry Burial Mound is a Bronze Age burial mound in the parish of Andreas on the Isle of Man. It is located by Ballavarry farm entrance on a low hill, a short distance from Andreas village.^[1] The mound is significant and survives to a height of 3m and a diameter of 15m.^[2]

Although a burial urn was discovered during a 19th-century investigation of the mound, it has since been lost.^[3]

References

1. Web site: Radcliffe. David. 30 September 2005. SC4098 : Ballavarry Burial Mound, Andreas. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20071113092431/http://www.geograph.org.uk:80/photo/59515 . 2007-11-13 . 7 December 2020. Geograph.
2. Web site: Ballavarry Burial Mound. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415104115/https://www.imuseum.im/search/collections/places/mnh-site-196813.html . 2021-04-15 . 7 December 2020. iMuseum.
3. Web site: Andreas: A List of Manx Antiquities. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20010702155744/http://www.isle-of-man.com:80/manxnotebook/fulltext/lma1930/as.htm . 2001-07-02 . 7 December 2020. A Manx Notebook.