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A Manx Tholtan - © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

A few Manx Tholtans from the Air

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(7 images in this post) A few Isle of Man Tholtans from the Drone. First 4 images taken from the Staarvey Road, talking many years ago to nearby farmer (the late Donald Cannan), he can remember this property being occupied circa 1945 by a man named Killey who had the nickname of ‘Killey the Gull’. Last 3 images are of an unknown Tholtan at Upper Lhergydhoo which neighbours the previous property. Please let me know if you have any further info about these lovely old once loved homes. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Leave a comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on any of the images for a larger view, the images will refresh in a loop every 6 seconds.

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Ballaholly Farm Jurby - © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Former Ballaholly Farm

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(6 images in this post) Ballaholly Farm – Jurby A once loved home (now a Tholtan) on the sandy coast near to Jurby Head. What a beautiful home this would have been in it’s day. There is some interesting comments from the former owners of this beautiful Tholtan on my Manxscenes FaceBook Page Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Leave a comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on any of the images for a larger view, the images will refresh in a loop every 6 seconds.

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Doarlish Ard Farm - Foxdale - © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Doarlish Ard Farm – Foxdale

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(5 images in this post) An aerial view of a beautiful once loved home, the Tholtan known as ‘Doarlish Ard Farm’ in Foxdale. Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Leave a comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook Page enjoy – Click on any of the images for a larger view, the images will refresh in a loop every 6 seconds.

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Eairy Beg Farmhouse © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

Eairy Beg Farmhouse

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My quest to picture many of the Isle of Man’s remaining Tholtans continued today with a lovely walk up to the once loved ‘Eairy Beg Farmhouse’ which is high up in Glen Helen Plantation. You can see more of my pictured Tholtans by clicking the above Manx Tholtans link. 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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Lhergydhoo Tholtan © Peter Killey - www.manxscenes.com

My Manx Tholtan Search Continues.

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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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The Forgotten Valley at Glen Dhoo Ballaugh

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We went for a beautiful walk this evening up to “The Forgotten Valley” at Glen Dhoo in Ballaugh. Glen Dhoo in Manx Gaelic simply means “Black Glen” because when the sun is sinking in the sky and disappears behind the hill the Glen is cast into shade. This forgotten valley is untouched and absolutely beautiful and this lovely little Manx Tholtan, better known as “The Port” or “Phurt” has a small stream running past the front of it. The images were all captured on my Sony HX20V camera, resized and cropped  in Adobe Photoshop CS6. 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 any of the images for a larger view.                              …

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Sulby River

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This Manx Tholtan can be seen from the main road in Sulby Valley, it lies at the foot of Ballakerka Plantation and the river runing in front of it is the Sulby River. The image was captured on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 26mm and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Click on the image for a larger view!  

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