Mull Hill

Mull Hill
Mull Circle on top of Mull Hill, looking towards Port Erin
Highest point
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Prominence	c. 154 m
Listing	Marilyn
Geography
Location	Isle of Man
OS grid	SC189676
Topo map	OS Landranger 95

Mull Hill (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 RDF station.

Mull Hill Stone Circle represents 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 circa 3500 BC, it is a site of legends with diverse stories about haunting.

The word Mull means "bald" in Manx Gaelic.

Meayll Circle

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

References

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 (London: Charles J. Clark, published 1894) I: 1–8 Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help); |contribution= ignored (help)
Kermode, Philip Moore Callow; Herdman, W. A. (1904), Illustrated Notes on Manks Antiquities, Liverpool

Citations

Coordinates: 54°04′19″N 4°46′08″W / 54.072°N 4.769°W / 54.072; -4.769

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360 Panoramas of Meayll Circle

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