Billown Neolithic Landscape Project

Acknowledgements

Special thanks are extended to Seymour Corkhill and Alan Kelly of Billown Lime Quarries, Tony Broom of COLAS (IOM), Eric Taggart of Billown Farm, Willy Bridson of Upper Billown Farm, Roy Gelling of Billown, Mr and Mrs Cain of Ballahot, Stuart and Fred Larrie of Ballanorris, and Murray Cringle of Ballalagan for allowing and facilitating the excavations and surveys. Stephen Harrison, Andrew Foxon, Andrew Johnson and Hazel Simons of Manx National Heritage, and Alan Skillan, Rob Farrar, Marshall Cubbon, and David and Eva Wilson, among many others, provided a constant supply of valuable advice and assistance both before and during the fieldwork.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Billown
Situation and Background
Discovery and Initial Investigations
Billown Quarry Site Excavations
Mesolithic Evidence
Early/Middle Neolithic Evidence
Later Neolithic Evidence
Early and Middle Bronze Age
Late Bronze Age
Iron Age and Later
Surveys
Geophysical
Topographic
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography

Comments and enquires should be addressed to:
Timothy Darvill (email:tdarvill@bmth.ac.uk)