Killabane St Luke's to Brandywell Road, Baldwin In the geographic centre of the Isle of Man, is the ancient site of the Manx parliament, in the form of a stone circle known as Killabane. One of several sites, where sittings of Tynwald have taken place, it was last used in 1428 and the cairn circle that remains, now serves as a memorial […] Read More
Lady Isabella-The Laxey Wheel Wheel Hill, Mines Road, Laxey, IM4 7NL The Laxey Wheel (also known as Lady Isabella) is built into the hillside above the village of Laxey. It is the largest working waterwheel in the world and was designed by Robert Casement. The wheel has a 72-foot-6-inch (22.1 m) diameter, is 6 feet (1.8 m) wide and revolves at approximately three revolutions per minute. […] Read More
Langness Lighthouse Derbyhaven Road, Langness, IM9 1UB Holiday cottages, foghorn and copper mine. Read More
Laxey Glen Mills Mill Road, Laxey, IM4 7AU During the rule of Lord Stanley and Lord Athol, all private Quern mills were banned and the Manx people had to take their corn to the Lord’s mill to be ground. In 1858, Richard Rowe requested the industrial engineer, Robert Casement, who had designed and built Lady Isabella, to construct a mill in Laxey Glen […] Read More
Laxey Mines and Trains Laxey and Lonan Heritage Centre, Mines Road, Laxey, IM4 7NH The Mine itself covers more than a mile in a North-South direction from the Washing Floors of lower Laxey to the village of Agneash. As early as 1770, the first outcrop of ore had been located adjacent to a waterfall, and 1820 it was decided to sink the first shaft (the Engine shaft) but in […] Read More
