Recorded discovery · Late Bronze Age

Ballagawne Late Bronze Age Hoard

A hoard of five Late Bronze Age objects, including fragments of leaf-shaped sword blades, found while harrowing a field by Glen Gawne in 1940.

Also recorded as: Glen Gawne bronze hoard; Ballagawne 1940 hoard

What the evidence supports

The composite IOMHER record describes five objects now in the Manx Museum. Because its narrative identifies a particular private field and stream bank, this atlas publishes the history but neither the record point nor a substitute locality. Child records for individual objects are not duplicated.

Location and precision

Location withheld. No public geometry: the official narrative gives field-level directions on private land.

Why no public geometry is published: The source location is withheld from the deployable dataset.

No coordinates published
No public geometry: the official narrative gives field-level directions on private land.

Access is not implied

Historical private-field record only; no visit, detecting or investigation is invited.

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

Location withheld; Historical findspot; Private land

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