Cronk Howe Mooar (Round Mound)

Significant round mound (tumulus) documented in antiquarian records and on the 1860s OS maps. Round mounds on IoM date primarily from the Bronze Age (~2000-800 BC) and contained cremation or inhumation burials. Many have been ploughed flat but the soil retains the archaeological material. WHY: Surviving mounds prove the DENSITY of Bronze Age activity. For every mound still visible, several more have been flattened by farming. The ploughsoil around surviving mounds is highest priority — material from destroyed adjacent mounds collects in the wider landscape.