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Ballavarry Burial Mound
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Ballavarry Burial Mound with Andreas Village in the background.
Ballavarry Burial Mound is located in Isle of Man
Ballavarry Burial Mound
Location in Isle of Man
Location Ballavarry Andreas
Region Isle of Man
Coordinates 54°21′33″N 4°27′25″W / 54.3592°N 4.457°W / 54.3592; -4.457
History
Periods Bronze Age

Ballavarry Burial Mound is a Bronze Age burial mound in the parish of Andreas on the Isle of Man. It is located by Ballavarry farm entrance on a low hill, a short distance from Andreas village. The mound is significant and survives to a height of 3m and a diameter of 15m.

Although a burial urn was discovered during a 19th-century investigation of the mound, it has since been lost.

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