A long barrow which has been uncovered.
The five burial spaces are directly in front of us. The entrance beyond.
About 1800 BC. The cover probably extended between the outer lines of stones to the height of the standing entrance stones. We are at the "other end".
A bit of a squeeze as the graves are lined up behind that narrow gap in the middle.
Cornaa used to be the site of corn and flax mills and further up the glen are signs of a lead, zinc, copper mine.
We are headed to Kirk Maughold.
This is inside Kirk Maughold.
Most of the obvious graves are from early 18th century onwards.
Occasionally there's evidence of earlier burials.
There are various crosses on the Island dating from 8th to 12th century which includes the arrival of the Vikings.
In centre here is Irneit's Cross from the 7th century (#47). Most of the crosses were numbered after being documented around 1900.
It's engraved with Hiberno-Saxon characters "In the name of Jesus Christ Irneit, holy priest, God's Bishop in the island and abbot".
On other crosses there's Ogham (old Irish) script and Runes (Norse).
Viking meets Christian.
We saw the rune stones in Scandinavia. Here the runes have joined the Celtic crosses.
"Hedin set this cross to the memory of his daughter Hilf".
"Arni carved these runes".
The imagery is Celtic and related to similar images in Northumbria (site of Lindisfarne).
The crosses are categorised as "Linear", "Outline", "In Relief" and "Scandinavian".
Within Maughold churchyard are the sites of three Keeills (small churches).
This is the north Keeill.
There are many Keeills on the Island and its most likely that the parish churches were built on earlier Keeill sites.
And Snaefell beyond that.
At various times we can see Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England (Lakes District) and Wales (Snowdonia).
A Ro-Ro vessel on its way from Liverpool to Dublin.
Depending on the weather it passes the Island either to the north or south.
Future wind farms in the Irish Sea will probably force it to a different course.
Its flatter up here. The land is lefover glacial deposits.
There's still a bit of residual lean of the house from the broken sub-frame (Mongolia) but it doesn't look quite so sad as it did before the replacement of springs.
Suspension is now level and the ride is enormously improved. The harsh jarring we had become used to has been softened. The ride over an unsealed track is like chalk and cheese. A bit of a risk modifying the vehicle at this distance from home but the springs needed a fix.
Its much less tiring to drive longer distances. We'll claim a success.
Its the fog horn at the Point Of Ayre.
Memory is that its only turned on when its foggy (frequently). I guess the lighthouse keepers wouldn't get much sleep when it was operating.
Last night we stayed at Mooragh Park in Ramsey. Having got to the point we decided to stay the night here.
Had to look at the map and get the compass out to really remember what bit of land on the horizon is called what.
The mountains on the right are the Lakes District. Heysham where we caught the ferry is in Morecambe Bay south of the Lakes. Wales is to the south, off the map.