Mount Murray
Encyclopedia
Mount Murray is a hill often referred to simply as The Mount, located on the northern border of Santon
, Marown
and Braddan
parishes on the Isle of Man
. Mount Murray is also home to the Chibbenagh Plantation and nine of the eighteen holes of the Mount Murray Golf Club.
Today, a Hotel, Golf and Country Club in the grounds of which the estate of Mount Murray has been erected. These dwellings were built under a 'tourism' approval and formed the centre of several investigations into why people were purchasing and living in the houses. The suggestion that 'something was not right' was finally quashed but only after some £1 million of investigatory monies were spent. The Commission of Enquiry Reports can be read via the Isle of Man Government
website.
The hill was originally known as Ais Hólt meaning Holt's Hill and giving rise to derivations of the name to Ash hole (1703), Ashold (1734) and Ashole (1739). Several families of the latter name lived in the Castletown area in the 16th Century http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pn1925/sn.htm. It was a Norse surname and is still found in Kildare
and Wicklow
, Ireland
.
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The Graveyard, the fifth fairway of the Mount Murray golf course, is on the site of a prehistoric burial ground. The burial ground became the site of a keeill
built sometime after the 9th century and the area later became known as Speke Farm. The keeill and some of the surrounding burials were excavated in 2006 by Time Team
.
Santon (parish)
Santon is a parish of the Isle of Man. It has an area of approximately eight square miles and is the island's smallest parish, located in the sheading of Middle which is composed of the parishes of Braddan, Marown and Santon. Currently the Captain of the Parish is Donald Gelling.The parish church...
, Marown
Marown
Marown is a parish of the Isle of Man in the sheading of Middle. Historically it was in the sheading of Glenfaba.-Parish:Marown has an area of approximately nine square miles and is the only parish on the island that does not border the sea at some point...
and Braddan
Braddan
Braddan is an elongated parish in the sheading of Middle in the Isle of Man, stretching from the parishes of Michael and Lezayre in the north, bordering on the parishes of German, Marown and Onchan in the middle and bordering on Santon in the south....
parishes on the Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
. Mount Murray is also home to the Chibbenagh Plantation and nine of the eighteen holes of the Mount Murray Golf Club.
Today, a Hotel, Golf and Country Club in the grounds of which the estate of Mount Murray has been erected. These dwellings were built under a 'tourism' approval and formed the centre of several investigations into why people were purchasing and living in the houses. The suggestion that 'something was not right' was finally quashed but only after some £1 million of investigatory monies were spent. The Commission of Enquiry Reports can be read via the Isle of Man Government
Isle of Man Government
The Isle of Man Government is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, representing HM Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann...
website.
The hill was originally known as Ais Hólt meaning Holt's Hill and giving rise to derivations of the name to Ash hole (1703), Ashold (1734) and Ashole (1739). Several families of the latter name lived in the Castletown area in the 16th Century http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pn1925/sn.htm. It was a Norse surname and is still found in Kildare
Kildare
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and Wicklow
Wicklow
Wicklow) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. Located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island, it has a population of 10,070 according to the 2006 census. The town is situated to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. Wicklow is also connected to the rail...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
Landscape and archaeology
Close to Mount Murray lies the The Broogh Fort (54.135776°N 4.577453°W) and also The BraaidThe Braaid
thumb|250px|right|The Braaid with remnants of a [[Roundhouse |roundhouse]] in the foreground, c. 650 A.D. In background are the remnants of two [[Long house|longhouses]], c...
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The Graveyard, the fifth fairway of the Mount Murray golf course, is on the site of a prehistoric burial ground. The burial ground became the site of a keeill
Keeill
-History and siting:Archaeologically, it is used for a specific type of small simple chapel found on the Isle of Man and built during the early medieval period...
built sometime after the 9th century and the area later became known as Speke Farm. The keeill and some of the surrounding burials were excavated in 2006 by Time Team
Time Team
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on Channel 4 since 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining...
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