Also recorded as: Osruth's Cross; Manx Cross 107; St John's runic cross
What the evidence supports
The slab bears a cross and a runic inscription naming Osruth. It was found when the former chapel at St John's was demolished in 1847 and returned to the Royal Chapel for secure public display in 2026. The small mapped area represents the chapel context, not a room-level display position or the nineteenth-century demolition findspot.
Location and precision
Approximate area · radius 30 m. Thirty-metre public chapel-context area centred on the official IOMHER church position; not room-level GPS or the 1847 findspot.
Why this public geometry is safe: Manx National Heritage announced the cross's secure return to the Royal Chapel; the mapped area identifies only the public chapel context.
54.2036, -4.6402
Thirty-metre public chapel-context area centred on the official IOMHER church position; not room-level GPS or the 1847 findspot.
Access is not implied
Public church display; check current chapel access and behave respectfully. Display access grants no permission elsewhere.
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.
Sensitivity note
Public; Protected archaeology; Religious site
Sources
- IOMHER: Osruth's Cross (Manx Cross 107)Official carved-stone identity, inscription and church-context position.
- MNH: Osruth's Cross returns to the Royal Chapel of St JohnOfficial 2026 announcement confirming the cross's history and secure public display.