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Tynwald National Park and Arboretum - Phairk Ashoonagh as Garey Biljaagh Tinvaal

Tynwald National Park

The Tynwald National Park and Arboretum (Phairk Ashoonagh as Garey Biljaagh Tinvaal) is in the village of St Johns (Manx: Balley Keeill Eoin). Access is by bus or car, with parking at the entrance. There is car park on the right side when driving from the east into the village just before St John's Church.

The Arboretum forms an attractive backdrop to Tynwald Hill and covers an area of about 25 acres, which divides up into three sections.

South Barrule Celtic Hillfort

South Barrule Celtic Iron Age Hillfort is the largest and thought to be earliest hillfort on the Isle of Man. It stands on the summit of South Barrule (Baarool Jiass) which at its highest point is 1,585 feet above sea level. Enclosed within an inner stone faced rampart were enclosed some 85 or more huts. The site is enclosed by an outer rampart around the summit. Although there have been limited excavations of the site a radiocarbon date of a hearth in one hut gave a date of around 524 BC.

Ballure Walk - Balley Eaur

The name Ballure is thought to originate from the Manx Gaelic Ball-y-ure meaning "the place of the yew". Ballure Walk is a small glen located off the Ballure Road which leads south from Ramsey (Manx: Rhumsaa) towards Maughold . Access to the glen is from a roadside entrance close to the impressive Ballure Bridge which carries the tram across the steep ravine in which the glen is situated. The glen can also be reached from the beach south from Ramsey. Two arches give access to the glen from the beach and a path alongside the river takes you up the deep ravine.

Bradda Glen - Glion Vradda

Bradda Glen (Glion Vradda) in Port Erin (Manx: Purt Çhiarn)  is situated at the north end of Port Erin on Bradda Head (Manx: Kione Vradda). The entrance is via an archway made of local Manx slate. Paths along the glen lead up to Bradda Head and Milner's Tower, which give great views of Port Erin (Purt Çhiarn), Port St Mary (Manx: Purt le Moirrey), Langness (Manx: Langlish), the Calf of Man (Manx: Yn Cholloo)  and the Sound (Manx: Yn Cheyllys).

Pentre Ifan - Siambr Gladdu Pentr Ifan

Pentre Ifan

This large burial chamber is made up of three large stones with a capstone and there is a solitary standing stone close by. The site, which is thought to date back to 3500 BC, is about five miles southeast of Newport (Welsh: Trefdraeth which can be translated into English as "town by the beach"), in Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro). Pentre Ifan is off the A487 and within Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Arfordir Penfro).

Roche Rock

Roche Rock

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The settlement of Roche sits on a prominent ridge on the northern edge of the St Austell Downs, close to the headwaters of the Fal River, Cornwall’s longest river. The area appears to contain a large number of local springs, river sources and holy wells, as well as a supposedly magical pool near Roche Rock, itself a striking rocky pinnacle of tourmalinised granite, and a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Knowth - Cnóbha Neolithic Passage Tomb

Knowth - Cnóbha

The Neolithic passage grave of Knowth (Irish: Cnóbha) is part of the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne. There is a large mound and 18 smaller tombs. The largest mound, which is 40 feet (12 metres) high and 220 feet (67 metres) in diameter, has within it two separate passage tombs. One has an entrance facing approximately east and the other facing approximately west. It is encircled by 127 kerbstones. 

Barnenez

The Cairn of Barnenez (Breton: Karn Barnenez) is one of the earliest megalithic monuments in Europe and one of the oldest man-made structures in the world. Dating to the early Neolithic period, about 4800 BC, the structure overlooks the Bay of Morlaix, about 6km (3.7 miles) from Plouezoc'h in Finistère (Breton: Penn-ar-Bed) in the west of Brittany. Predating the pyramids of Egypt, it is 75m .(246ft) long and 25m (82ft) at its widest. The structure was once covered in earth and stands at 8m (26ft) high.

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