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Cashtal yn Ard (The Castle of the Heights)

Posted by Peter Killey on April 22, 2014
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We had a lovely walk up to this beautiful part of the Island yesterday.

Cashtal yn Ard is one of the best ancient monuments on the Isle of Man. It is one of three Neolithic tombs, dating from about 2000 BC. It is well preserved and one of the largest of its kind in the British Isles. The monument was originally a megalithic chambered Cairn holding five chambers and extending over 130 feet long. Sites of this type were used as communal burial places for Neolithic chieftains and their families.

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Cashtal yn Ard © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

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Maughold

Posted by Peter Killey on February 14, 2014
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Standing on the track up to Maughold Head Lighthouse and looking back over Maughold Church with North Barrule Mountain to the left.

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Maughold - Isle of Man © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

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The Quakers Burial Ground In Maughold

Posted by Peter Killey on January 24, 2014
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Above Ballafayle in Maughold lies this Quakers burial ground.

The burial ground is alongside the narrow road through Ballajora, the plaque on the entrance to the site states that William Callow gave the piece of ground as a burial place for Quakers, and he was buried here in 1676.

The inscription on his headstone reads;

William Callow
of Ballafayle
1629 – 1676
suffered long persecution
frequent imprisonment
and finally banishment
from his native Island
for his faith.

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Quakers Burial Ground in Ballafayle © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

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Above Ballafayle and looking towards Maughold Head

Posted by Peter Killey on January 19, 2014
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These two bronze sculptured Ravens are erected on the rocks high above Ballafayle in memory of  the late Sir Charles Kerruish (1917 – 2003).  Sir Charles was a well known politician and former Speaker of the House of Keys.

What a beautiful and peaceful place this is.

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Above Ballafayle in Maughold © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

 

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Maughold Head Lighthouse

Posted by Peter Killey on December 28, 2013
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Just look how cold that sea looks and believe me it was freezing up there this afternoon.

Maughold Lighthouse was built in 1914 on the Southern side of Maughold Head, the fully automated light is 65m above sea level and access to the Lighthouse is via 129 steps (non Public access).

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Maughold Head Lighthouse © Peter killey - www.manxscenes.com

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A walk around Ballaglass Glen in Maughold

Posted by Peter Killey on June 4, 2013
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Had a lovely walk around Ballaglass Glen today, the Bluebells are like a carpet and are just about to fade for this season.

Also right next to the river is this old derelict Flax Mill and you can just about make out the Mills cog wheel

The name Ballaglass could be translated to ‘Farm of the Stream’.

The images were captured on my Nikon D80 DSLR Camera with a Nikon 18-105 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens, cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

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The Bluebells at Ballaglass Glen - © Peter Killey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ballaglass Flax Mill - © Peter Killey

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Standing at Ballaragh, overlooking the Dhoon and Maughold in the distance.

Posted by Peter Killey on February 24, 2013
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Grabbed this image the other day whilst up in Ballaragh, The Dhoon Glen is at the bottom of the image, North Barrule Mountain is snow capped to the left of the image and Maughold can be seen to the top right of the image.

The image was captured on my Nikon D80 DSLR Camera with a Nikon 18-105 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens, cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

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Overlooking the Dhoon © Peter Killey

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Another Stained Glass Window in St. Peter’s Church in Onchan

Posted by Peter Killey on November 24, 2012
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This stained glass window inside St. Peter’s Church in Onchan depicts Maughold Parish Church and the “Maughold Parish Cross” which is a 14th century St. Bees sandstone carving and is one of the earliest representations of the 3 Legs of Mann (apart from the 3 Legs inscribed on the Pommel of the 12th Century Manx Sword of State) it is also interesting to note which direction the 3 Legs are pointing!

I have taken a number of images of the stained glass windows in St. Peter’s and I will add them to Manxscenes.com over the coming months.

The image was captured on my Nikon S8200 Camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS6

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Maughold Church with the famous Maughold Cross in the foreground - © Peter Killey

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A Lovely Sunday Walk

Posted by Peter Killey on October 7, 2012
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Well what a sunny fantastic Sunday here on the Isle of Man so we took Ted up to Maughold and walked from the front door of Maughold Church to the beach at the foot of  ‘Gob ny Port Mooar’!

Firstly we were confronted by about 50 sheep being rounded up and being moved from one field to another, Ted was not happy and very quiet seeing all these white 4 legged things running up the footpath that he was walking on!

The walk was wonderful and sometimes a little scary on the headland down to the beach due to the steepness and slippery conditions.

Ted and Nick loved it and we spent a pleasurable hour or so on the beach and the headlands.

What a fantastic way to spend our Sunday afternoon and we were back home around two or so hours later.

Just below Maughold Church and on the way down to 'Gob ny Portmooar' - © Peter Killey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the Headland at 'Gob ny Portmooar' and looking up to Maughold lighthouse - © Peter Killey

 

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A Walk Down To Port Mooar Maughold (With Ted)

Posted by Peter Killey on October 7, 2012
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We took Ted for a walk down to ‘Gob ny Portmooar’ today, this remote beach is just South of Maughold Head Lighthouse and Teds first distraction was this flock of sheep which were being rounded up by the farmer and his wife.

Image 2 on was captured the headland rocks at ‘Gob ny Portmooar’ and looking up towards Maughold Head lighthouse.

Both images were captured on my Nikon D80 DSLR Camera with a Nikon 18-105 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens, cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

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Just below Maughold Church and on the way down to 'Gob ny Portmooar' - © Peter Killey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the Headland at 'Gob ny Portmooar' and looking up to Maughold lighthouse - © Peter Killey

 

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Overlooking Maughold Church towards North Barrule Mountain (HDR)

Posted by Peter Killey on July 18, 2012
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I captured this image this afternoon whilst out for a walk over Maughold Headlands, you can see the weather front moving across North Barrule mountain and shortly after this image was taken it absolutely chucked it down!

The image was captured on my Nikon D80 DSLR with a Nikon 18-105 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens, dipped in HDR, cropped and resized in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Overlooking Maughold Church and North Barrule Mountain - © Peter Killey

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