Meayll Circle

On the open top of Mull Hill above Cregneash stands an arrangement unlike anything else in the region: twelve stone chambers set as six pairs in a ring roughly twenty metres across, each pair sharing an entrance passage running outward. It dates from the Neolithic and was excavated in 1893, producing pottery and cremated bone. The plan has no close parallel in Britain or Ireland. The hill is open ground with views over the southern end of the island.

What you actually see

• The paired chambers - twelve compartments set as six pairs around a ring.
• The plan - an arrangement with no close parallel in Britain or Ireland.
• The hilltop setting - open ground with views over the southern end.
• The 1893 excavation - the dig that recovered pottery and cremated bone.

When to go

April to October for the best conditions on exposed ground. The site is open at all times. Mist can close in quickly on the hill.

Honest expectations

The stones are low and the plan is hard to read on the ground without a diagram. There is little interpretation at the site. The hilltop is exposed with no shelter.

Nearby

Cregneash is below, and Port Erin is northwest.