The Hill of Day Watch and Port of the Night Watch (Watch and Ward) for Michael parish was at 'Borodaill' according to a document in the Castle Rushen Papers dated 1627.


William Cubbon thought the name was related to 'Bordall Mill' mentioned in a Manorial Roll of 1515, and placed it at Glen Mooar, adjoining Ballagawne where there was a mill.


Many of the Watch and Ward posts may well used the same sites since the medieval period.  In the case of Michael parish, the exact site, or sites, at which the respective day and night watches were kept, are not precisely known: the grid reference provided is near the present mouth of the glen, and is for indicative purposes only