St German's Cathedral, possibly on the site of a predecessor, was founded in the 13th-14th centuries but due to the incursions of the raiding Scots was protected by a curtain wall and gatehouse in the later 14th century, a feature that was to develop into the fortress and garrison of Peel Castle during the 15th to 19th centuries.
The cross was discovered in the old parish church and removed from it in 1827 during demolition. One of the most well-known of the Manx crosses, famous for its sculptor, Gaut, it shows the treatment of the head characteristic of him and perhaps his workshop. The rectangular slab is decorated on both faces with a wheel-headed cross, and the entire monument is covered with some of the finest examples of interlace motifs found on the Island. One face shows the ring-chain design on the shaft which has often been ascribed to Gaut. To the left is a plait-of-four, and to the right the tendril pattern also linked with Gaut. Runes above the head of the cross translate, 'Gaut carved this and all in Man.'
On the strength of this inscription and another which also apparently names him (Manx Cross 99) Gaut has often been credited as a leading local carver whose supposedly signature style has been identified on a number of other Manx monuments. The other face bears a plait-of-five on the shaft; twist-and-ring to the left, and, to the right, a linked twist, which has likewise been ascribed to Gaut. A runic inscription runs up one edge. The reading is difficult because of grammatical inconsistencies, but the following is suggested, 'Mael Brigde, son of Athakan the smith erected this cross for his own soul (and that of) his brother's wife'.
A rectangular cross-slab was found here in 1827. It is carved on both faces with a Celtic wheel cross and interlace pattern. It also has a runic inscription on one edge and on its face. The stone measures 183cm by 41cm and is 9cm thick. It is now kept at St Michael's parish church.
Gauts Cross is a Celtic cross slab, which has been kept at the parish church at Andreas. It measures 2.46 metres by 45 centimetres and is 12.7 centimetres thick. There is a shafted cross of Celtic type on its face and a runic inscription on one edge. It bears a bronze plaque bearing the number 99.
This cross was discovered in the old parish church and removed from it in 1827 during demolition. One of the most well-known of the Manx crosses, famous for its sculptor, Gaut, it shows the treatment of the head characteristic of him and perhaps his workshop. The rectangular slab is decorated on both faces with a wheel-headed cross, and the entire monument is covered with some of the finest examples of interlace motifs found on the Island.
One face shows the ring-chain design on the shaft which has often been ascribed to Gaut. To the left is a plait-of-four, and to the right the tendril pattern also linked with Gaut.
Runes above the head of the cross translate, 'Gaut carved this and all in Man.' On the strength of this inscription and another which also apparently names him (Manx Cross 99) Gaut has often been credited as a leading local carver whose supposedly signature style has been identified on a number of other Manx monuments.
The other face bears a plait-of-five on the shaft; twist-and-ring to the left, and, to the right, a linked twist, which has likewise been ascribed to Gaut. A runic inscription runs up one edge. The reading is difficult because of grammatical inconsistencies, but the following is suggested, 'Mael Brigde, son of Athakan the smith erected this cross for his own soul (and that of) his brother's wife'.
See also Manx Cross 101.
The site of the 19th century iron foundry at South Quay, Douglas, known to have been operation by the 1850s and shown on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
First World War. Embossed copper plate fixed with brass screw, letters in block. Mounted on wall inside library with a picture of 2nd Lieutenant George Andrew Herdman above it, either side are photographs of his mother and father. Relocated in 1988, previously held at the George Herdman Institute, Shore Road, Port Erin.
