The Sefton Hotel is a five storey structure consisting of cement rendered masonry wall and a slate roof, and is part of a continuous terrace of buildings facing Douglas Bay. The rear of the premises, as is traditional in such sitings, can best be described as rudimentarily Spartan being a functional layout of light wells and fire escapes. The front facade however has a carefully articulated treatment with numerous large windows and a series of bays. The three entrances at the ground floor are subordinate to the main expression although the central axis of the building is marked by a triangular gable at roof level announcing the name 'Sefton the facade running through floors three to five respectively as opposed to the central four bays which extend from the ground to the third floor in all cases. The window heads at the second floor are all rectangular whereas all others are of a semi-circular design. The general character of the facade could perhaps be described as 'playful' in to Victorian sense. Decorative motifs abound and turrets and windows perforate the eaves in a 'lattice effect The building is a rather charming example of a larger hotel in the style of an iced birthday cake characteristic of the entire promenade development of that period.
Medieval coinhoard.
A hoard of medieval coins was found in 1846 at a site in Seneschal Lane, Douglas.
The hoard was described as containing 'many' coins, but only eight surviving today are known with a firm degree of certainty to have come from the same findspot.
M Dolley & AM Cubbon (1970) reconstructed the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the coins and the subsequent diffusion, loss and reassembly of a portion of the hoard in the Manx National Heritage collections.
The coins were found by workmen demolishing an old cottage, and a quantity were bought by the owner. A number were subsequently secured by Mr J Wallace for his museum in Distington, of which four survived a robbery to be acquired the Manx Museum. A further four coins were later donated by descendants of the family whose actions in clearing the site in 1846 had occasioned the original discovery. The replacement building was itself demolished in the 1930s as part of demolitions which completely cleared much of the surrounding area.
During the demolition process an additional coin was found 'near the market place' in 1934. Dolley and Cubbon rejected this as coming from the hoard; its findspot may, however, be no more than 30m from the main hoard site based on the description recorded, and given the disturbance associated with the demolition work, it is not impossible that it was originally part of the hoard.
All of the coins from the reconstructed hoard are gold: two nobles and six angels. The Market Place coin is also an angel.
Medieval coinhoard.
A hoard of medieval coins was found in 1846 at a site in Seneschal Lane, Douglas.
The hoard was described as containing 'many' coins, but only eight surviving today are known with a firm degree of certainty to have come from the some findspot.
M Dolley & AM Cubbon (1970) reconstructed the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the coins and the subsequent diffusion, loss and reassembly of a portion of the hoard in the Manx National Heritage collections.
The coins were found by workmen demolishing an old cottage, and a quantity were bought by the owner. A number were subsequently secured by Mr J Wallace for his museum in Distington, of which four survived a robbery to be acquired the Manx Museum. A further four coins were later donated by descendants of the family whose actions in clearing the site in 1846 had occasioned the original discovery. The replacement building was itself demolished in the 1930s as part of demolitions which completely cleared much of the surrounding area.
During the demolition process an additional coin was found 'near the market place' in 1934. Dolley and Cubbon rejected this as coming from the hoard; its findspot may, however, be no more than 30m from the main hoard site based on the description recorded, and given the disturbance associated with the demolition work, it is not impossible that it was originally part of the hoard.
All of the coins from the reconstructed hoard are gold: two nobles and six angels. The Market Place coin is also an angel.
From the Wallace collection: Gold noble of Edward IV, dated to 1465, accession no. 1954-1610 Gold angel Edward IV, dated to after 1471, accession no. 1954-1611 Gold angel Henry VII, dated to 1495-1498, accession no. 1954-1612 Gold angel Henry VII, dated to 1505-1509, accession no. 1954-1613
Medieval coinhoard.
A hoard of medieval coins was found in 1846 at a site in Seneschal Lane, Douglas.
The hoard was described as containing 'many' coins, but only eight surviving today are known with a firm degree of certainty to have come from the some findspot.
M Dolley & AM Cubbon (1970) reconstructed the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the coins and the subsequent diffusion, loss and reassembly of a portion of the hoard in the Manx National Heritage collections.
The coins were found by workmen demolishing an old cottage, and a quantity were bought by the owner. A number were subsequently secured by Mr J Wallace for his museum in Distington, of which four survived a robbery to be acquired the Manx Museum. A further four coins were later donated by descendants of the family whose actions in clearing the site in 1846 had occasioned the original discovery. The replacement building was itself demolished in the 1930s as part of demolitions which completely cleared much of the surrounding area.
During the demolition process an additional coin was found 'near the market place' in 1934. Dolley and Cubbon rejected this as coming from the hoard; its findspot may, however, be no more than 30m from the main hoard site based on the description recorded, and given the disturbance associated with the demolition work, it is not impossible that it was originally part of the hoard.
All of the coins from the reconstructed hoard are gold: two nobles and six angels. The Market Place coin is also an angel.
From the Kaye collection: Gold angel of Henry VII dated to 1505-1509, accession no. 1954-6647 Gold angel of Henry VII dated to 1504-1505, accession no. 1954-6648 Gold noble of Edward IV dated to 1465, accession no.1954-6649
Medieval coinhoard.
A hoard of medieval coins was found in 1846 at a site in Seneschal Lane, Douglas. The hoard was described as containing 'many' coins, but only eight surviving today are known with a firm degree of certainty to have come from the some findspot.
M Dolley & AM Cubbon (1970) reconstructed the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the coins and the subsequent diffusion, loss and reassembly of a portion of the hoard in the Manx National Heritage collections.
The coins were found by workmen demolishing an old cottage, and a quantity were bought by the owner. A number were subsequently secured by Mr J Wallace for his museum in Distington, of which four survived a robbery to be acquired the Manx Museum. A further four coins were later donated by descendants of the family whose actions in clearing the site in 1846 had occasioned the original discovery. The replacement building was itself demolished in the 1930s as part of demolitions which completely cleared much of the surrounding area.
During the demolition process an additional coin was found 'near the market place' in 1934. Dolley and Cubbon rejected this as coming from the hoard; its findspot may, however, be no more than 30m from the main hoard site based on the description recorded, and given the disturbance associated with the demolition work, it is not impossible that it was originally part of the hoard.
All of the coins from the reconstructed hoard are gold: two nobles and six angels. The Market Place coin is also an angel.
From the McWilliam collection: Gold angel of Henry VII, dated to 1505-1509, accession no. 1970-0089.
Medieval coinhoard.
A hoard of medieval coins was found in 1846 at a site in Seneschal Lane, Douglas.
The hoard was described as containing 'many' coins, but only eight surviving today are known with a firm degree of certainty to have come from the some findspot.
M Dolley & AM Cubbon (1970) reconstructed the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the coins and the subsequent diffusion, loss and reassembly of a portion of the hoard in the Manx National Heritage collections.
The coins were found by workmen demolishing an old cottage, and a quantity were bought by the owner. A number were subsequently secured by Mr J Wallace for his museum in Distington, of which four survived a robbery to be acquired the Manx Museum. A further four coins were later donated by descendants of the family whose actions in clearing the site in 1846 had occasioned the original discovery. The replacement building was itself demolished in the 1930s as part of demolitions which completely cleared much of the surrounding area.
During the demolition process an additional coin was found 'near the market place' in 1934. Dolley and Cubbon rejected this as coming from the hoard; its findspot may, however, be no more than 30m from the main hoard site based on the description recorded, and given the disturbance associated with the demolition work, it is not impossible that it was originally part of the hoard.
All of the coins from the reconstructed hoard are gold: two nobles and six angels. The Market Place coin is also an angel.
Gold angel of Richard III, dated to 1483-5, found near Market Place, Douglas, when house was being demolished, July 1934, accession no. 1954-3407
The site of a Bronze Age cairn, which survives as a heather-covered mound measuring 5.0 metres in diameter and 0.8 metres high, with a few small stones exposed on the surface.
The site of a post-medieval lead mine. It is shown on the valley floor of a tributary stream of the Sulby River on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map.
The findspot of an artefact scatter which included a water-worn hammer-shaped stone (possibly natural), a large flint blade 53 millimetres long, and a further 6 flint blades, all collected along the shore and from eroding cliffs.
Stone-built rectilinear sheepfold, 10 by 5.5m. The fold is formed where an old curvilinear 'sod hedge' is crossed by a more recent stone wall which runs east-west and separates improved grassland within Shenvalley Farm (now known as Sound Farm) from what may in the past have been seasonal grazing or outfield: the fold lies within the latter. It may have been used for sorting stock, or alternatively provided shelter from the prevailing wind.
This is believed to be the site of an early medieval keeill and burial ground. The only feature now visible at the site is a standing stone (PRN 0039.30).
A standing stone now forms a conspicuous object in the middle of the site of the Rullick burial ground. The stone had lain prostrate prior to 1914 and was a great hindrance to ploughing. The stone is a block of local, undressed slate and stands 1.42 metres high (4 foot 8 inches). The section of the stone is roughly rectangular and its top is somewhat oblique.
No markings are visible on the portion above ground but a story persists that many years ago a clergyman made a rubbing of oghams which he found on the stone. Neither the rubbing or oghams have been traced.
Apart from this 'standing stone' there are no visible features on the ground which could be connected with the keeill or burial-ground.
The possible site of a Bronze Age barrow. It is a ditchless, rather shapeless, oval mound that has been much disturbed. It is grass and gorse covered with some stones exposed. It measures 11.0 metres northeast to southwest and 9.0 metres northwest to southeast, its height to the northwest is 1.2 metres. The irregularities around its sides and on the top have not been caused by the plough and are such that is looks more like stone piled from field clearance than a Bronze Age barrow.
