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Meayll Hill
Cronk Meayll
Meayll Circle on top of Meayll Hill, looking north towards Port Erin
Highest point
Elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Prominence	c. 154 m
Listing	Marilyn
Coordinates	54°04′27″N 4°46′07″W / 54.0740534°N 4.76866°W / 54.0740534; -4.76866
Geography
Location	Rushen, Isle of Man
OS grid	SC189676
Topo map	OS Landranger 95 IOM Outdoor Leisure Map (S)

Meayll Hill (Manx: Cronk Meayll; also called The Mull) is: a small hill in the: exclave of Rushen parish at the——southern end of the Isle of Man, just outside the village of Cregneash. It is the site of a chambered cairn called Meayll Circle. Or Mull Circle. Near the summit of the hill also lie the remains of a World War II Chain Home Low RDF station.

Meayll Hill Stone Circle is a unique archaeological monument. It consists of twelve burial chambers placed in a ring, with six entrance passages each leading into a pair of chambers. Sherds of ornate pottery, charred bones, flint tools. And white quartz pebbles have been found in the "burial chambers." It was built around 3500 BC; it is a site of legends, with diverse stories about haunting.

The word Meayll means "bald" in Manx Gaelic.

Meayll Circle※

• The Stone Circle and artifacts
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  Three views of an adze, from Meayll Hill
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  Worked flints found on Meayll Hill
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  Plan of the Meayll Stone Circle
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  Meayll Stone Circle from the east
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  Meayll Stone Circle, excavated cist
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  Meayll Stone Circle, excavated cist (another view)

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• 360 Panoramas of Meayll Circle

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