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Some abandoned and once loved old farmsteads on the Isle of Man.

Upper Grange Sulby © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

A Manx Tholtan – Upper Grange Sulby

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Peter Killey

A beautiful old Manx Tholtan called Upper Grange, which is high up on the Narradale track above Sulby. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Sulby Glen Tholtan © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Sulby Glen Tholtan

Posted on July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 by Peter Killey

A Sunday walk into Sulby Glen. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the images for a larger view  

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Lhergydhoo Tholtan © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

My Manx Tholtan Search Continues.

Posted on July 1, 2015July 6, 2015 by Peter Killey

A lovely walk up to this beautiful once loved home which is just above Lhergydhoo between the Staarvey Road and Knocksharry on the Peel to Kirk Michael Coast Road. Talking to a nearby farmer about this old house, he can remember this property being occupied circa 1945 by a man named Killey who had the nickname of ‘Killey the Gull’. This Tholtan captures stunning and uninterupted views looking, North, South and to the West of the Island. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the images for a larger view.

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A Manx tholtan Called Croit © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Another Manx Tholtan – Croit

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Peter Killey

A lovely walk today to another beautiful old Manx Tholtan, this particular Tholtan is called Croit and is on the sloapes between Druidale and Sulby Reservoir. Makes you appreciate just how lucky we are to have such a wonderful countryside on our Island. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Craigmooar Tholtan © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Craigmooar Tholtans

Posted on June 23, 2015June 24, 2015 by Peter Killey

This small group of tholtans are situated deep in the trees in the heart of Tholt y Will Plantation, Craigmooar means Great Rock or Crag. Craigmooar belongs to a small group of nearby hill farms (now tholtans) namely Killabrega, Sherragh Vane and Bulrhenny. It is believed that Craigmooar was about 80 acres in total and apparently In 1874, there was a woman and her daughter recorded living here as being unable to speak anything other than Manx, probably some of the last people to be like that on the Island. This particular group of tholtans took some finding but it was well worth it and makes you realise just how hard life would have been for the inhabitants of these isolated hill farms. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Upper Grange Tholtan © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Upper Grange Tholtans Lezayre

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Peter Killey

A lovely walk this afternoon, this image is overlooking the remote but beautiful Tholtans of ‘Upper Grange’, which is high up on the Narradale track above Sulby. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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The Tholtans known as ‘The Terrace’ at Glen Rushen.

Posted on March 25, 2015April 25, 2015 by Peter Killey

Formerly miners cottages, when I was there today I counted 7 front door entrances but there could have possibly been an other one at an adjacent building!? The stepped back image of the tholtan with 3 upper windows appears to have been the home of a more senior mining employee. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Sherragh Vane Tholtan © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Old Thatching Stones at Sherragh Vane Tholtan

Posted on March 15, 2015April 25, 2015 by Peter Killey

Old Thatching Stones on Sherragh Vane Tholtan in Tholt y Will Plantation in Sulby. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Crammag Tholtans in Sulby © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Crammag Tholtans

Posted on March 9, 2015April 25, 2015 by Peter Killey

The Tholtans at Crammag, above Sulby Reservoir. A lovely hike down to this group of tholtans this afternoon, whenever I visit these tholtans I always wonder what life was like for these people! Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Sherragh Vane © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

The Tholtans of Sherragh Vane

Posted on November 28, 2014April 20, 2016 by Peter Killey

High up in Tholt y Will Plantation in Sulby you will find these crofters ruins which was the setting of a poem by T.E. Brown, called ‘Kitty of the Sherragh Vane’, an extract of this famous Manx Poem is below; Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view. Well, I tell ye, the first time ever I seen her, She wasn’ much more till a baby – six years, maybe,would have been her age; and the little clogs at her, clitter-clatter, and her little hand in mine, to show me the way, you’ll understand, down yander brew, and me a stranger too, that was lost on the mountain; And the little sowl in the house all alone, and for her to be goin the best part of a mile – bless the chile! Till she got me right – and not a bit shy, not her Nor freckened, but talkin away as purty as a woman of thirty- And-“That’s the way down to the School,” says she, “and Saul and me is goin there every day; you’ll easy find the way! – and turns, and off like a bird on the wing, Aw, a bright little thing.  

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Killabregga in Sulby © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Tholtans at Killabregga

Posted on November 23, 2014April 25, 2015 by Peter Killey

This old abandoned farm sits high up above the Sulby valley and is typical of those found in the upland areas of the Island, the remains of the horse driven mill and a small orchard are still visible, my records show that John and Lisa Kinrade were still resident at the farm as late as the 1943. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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Cronkdoo near Druidale © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Cronkdoo

Posted on November 20, 2014April 25, 2015 by Peter Killey

This lovely old, once loved building at Cronkdoo is set low in the valley near to Druidale and is now where the hill sheep from the area go inside for shelter. You can also make out the rusty corn mill cogs to the rear of the old building. Whenever I visit these old Tholtan type buildings I realise just how hard life must have been for these old Manx Crofters. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on the image for a larger view.

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