On a wet and windy walk from Castletown to Ronaldsway Airport I came across...
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| ahhh - it is Easter Sunday and children have been rolling coloured eggs from the top of a little hill |
Egg rolling is, apparently a christian hijacking of a pagan rite - nice to see that this busy little hill still has a role to play in the spiritual life of the community. Also on the hill will be found:
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| A Viking Ship Burial |
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| A primitive christian chapel or Keeill |
It is recorded that John Wesley
preached at Balladoole in 1781 - I bet it was on this hill
The whole mound is forms a
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| Celtic Iron Age Hill Fort |
there is also a
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| Bronze age cist. |
plus early christian lintel graves and prehistoric flints...
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| Here it is on the map - so small and all that history |
Here is a photo from above
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| This image (now orphaned) from the old IOM heritage site- new site is here |
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