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St Lukes Church – West Baldwin

Peter Killey — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:20:14 +0000

St Lukes Church – West Baldwin

Peter Killey — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:18:24 +0000

St Lukes Church in West Baldwin was formerly attached to the parish church of Kirk Braddan and now Marown, the church was built in 1836 on the site of a Celtic church called “Keeill Abban”, an ancient Celtic cross has also been built into the west gable section of the building which was also used as a school up to 1871.

Behind this chapel and up the hill is the ancient site of *Tynwald which was held there as far back as 1429 and is now marked by a circle of stones.

*Manx Parliament

The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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St Lukes Church – West Baldwin

Peter Killey — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:25:30 +0000

Behind this chapel and up the hill is the ancient site of *Tynwald which was held there as far back as 1429 and is now marked by a circle of stones.

*Manx Parliament

The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Horse Tram Sheds – Strathallan Terrace

Peter Killey — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:59:45 +0000

This building at the northern end of Douglas Promenade houses Douglas Borough Council’s historic Horse Trams and the offices above have been converted into a conference facility and called “The Strathallan Suite”

The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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The Remains of Trawler Cevic

Peter Killey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:24:55 +0000

The remains of this trawler which sank in June 1927 when she was driven onto half tide rocks in South Ramsey Bay and broke up. The incident occured when the men aboard the Cevic were attempting to rescue the ship’s lifeboat, which had got into trouble. A flare was sent up and the Ramsey lifeboat was launched. All the crewmen were saved, but the Cevic sank!

The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Santon Parish Church – St Sanctain’s

Peter Killey — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:30:37 +0000

St. Sanctain’s Church, Santon, stands on the site of an ancient Church or Keeill built around fifteen hundred years ago, It is strategically placed and commands a view of a large sweep of the sea looking towards the north-west coast of England and the mountains of North Wales. It can be seen by travellers sailing on the sea and flying by air as they come over the coastline towards Ronaldsway Airport. Thus for fifteen centuries the present Church, and its predecessors, have always been a landmark by sea, land and air. The present building was erected in 1774 and is a good example of an old Manx Church with its white walls and rectangular shape.

The original building was one of over a hundred Celtic Keeills, or “treen” churches, which were scattered all over the Island.

The images were all captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Santon Parish Church – St Sanctain’s

Peter Killey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:49:14 +0000

Santon Parish Church – St Sanctain’s

Peter Killey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:25:05 +0000

The original building was one of over a hundred Celtic Keeills, or “treen” churches, which were scattered all over the Island.

The images were all captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Braddan New Cemetery Chapel (HDR)

Peter Killey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:38:34 +0000

I have taken a few images of this little chapel over the years, I am really pleased how HDR has brought out the texture in the rendering of the chapel.

The image was captured on my Nikon S3000 camera and post processed in Dynamic Photo HDR and Adobe CS5.

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St Marks Church (HDR)

Peter Killey — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:59 +0000