Dunkirk is a port city in northern France. It featured in the maritime networks connecting the Isle of Man with Continental Europe, and Manx trading and smuggling vessels frequented French Channel ports during the eighteenth century.
The site of a Bronze Age barrow shown on an estate map made by Deemster Corris in 1795. When recorded the barrow has almost been ploughed out but was still recognisable, measuring 20 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high. There was no visible trace of a ditch and there were no surface finds, but it is probably a bowl barrow.
The site of an early medieval chapel or keeill, thought to have been in use between AD500 and AD1000. Only the foundations of this keeill remain. This feature now resembles a scooped-out, partly grass covered cairn measuring 8.0 metres north to south, by 7.0 metres east to west. It is stands on a hillside sloping down to the north. The height of the mound to the north is 1.5 metres and the maximum height to the south is 0.3 metres. In the centre is a scooped out rectangle orientated east to west which measures 4.0 metres by 2.3 metres. There are slight indications of an entrance in the western side. No trace of a burial ground enclosure has been found here.
A possible cup-marked stone, which is a large boulder measuring 1.5 metres long by 0.75 metres wide and 0.45 metres thick, situated at the foot of the fence to the eastern side of the road to the farmhouse at Eairy ny Suie. Dr L.S. Garrad believed that the stone might have been formerly used as a gatepost, or at a horse walk, which might explain the hollows in its face.
Eamon de Valera (1882-1975) was an Irish revolutionary leader who later served as Taoiseach and President of Ireland. Following the Easter Rising of 1916, he was among the Irish prisoners interned at Knockaloe internment camp on the Isle of Man, before being transferred to other facilities. His internment on the Island forms part of the wider history of wartime internment on Mann.
Patent from James, Earl of Derby, Lord of Mann, appointing Captain Edward Christian as serjeant major of the island's land forces and authorising him to muster, train and exercise able men for the island's defence during the English Civil War. The document reflects the militarisation of Mann during the 1640s rebellion and the earl's authority to levy and command forces.
Patent letter from James, Earl of Derby, Lord of Mann, appointing Captain Edward Christian as serjeant major of land forces on the Isle of Man under Governor John Grenshalgh. The document authorises mustering, training and exercising able men for the Island's defence during the English Civil War period. It provides insight into Isle of Man's military organisation, governance structure, and the Earl's administrative authority during the 1640s conflict.
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716-1771), served as President of the Board of Trade and was involved in colonial and insular governance during the mid-eighteenth century. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to the political discussions surrounding the Island's trade and customs arrangements in the period leading to the Revestment.
Official correspondence from the Earl of Halifax's office (via Edward Sedgwick) to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, reporting that military reinforcements have been ordered to the Isle of Man. Two Troops of Light Dragoons under Colonel John Hale and the Second Regiment of Foot are to be dispatched from Ireland. The letter exemplifies the military dimension of the post-Revestment security arrangements and Crown administrative coordination.
Official correspondence from Edward Sedgwick (on behalf of the Earl of Halifax) to Charles Jenkinson at the Treasury, reporting that His Majesty has ordered the dispatch of two troops of Light Dragoons under Colonel John Hale and the Second (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot to the Isle of Man. The letter confirms orders issued to the Lord Justices of Ireland on 4 June 1765 for immediate embarkation. This document is directly relevant to the Revestment project as it shows the Crown's military response in the period immediately preceding the formal purchase of sovereignty from the Duke of Atholl.
Parliamentary record from the Rotuli Parliamentorum (21 Ric. II) granting a pardon to the Earl of Warwick, commuting his death sentence to perpetual imprisonment on the Isle of Man. The document outlines the conditions of his exile, his guardianship by Sir William le Scrop and Sir Stephen, and the threat of execution should he escape or seek further grace. Provides historical precedent for the Isle of Man's use as a place of detention and highlights the island's status as outside the English realm.
Letter of counsel from James, 7th Earl of Derby, to his heir regarding ecclesiastical governance of the Isle of Man, including selection of bishops, improvement of the bishopric's revenue, enforcement of clergy residence, and a proposed university. Relevant to understanding the Earl's constitutional authority, revenue interests, and cultural ambitions for the Island.
A chapter from the 7th Earl of Derby's instructions or memoir explaining his rationale for appointing Captain Greenhalgh as governor of the Isle of Man. The text addresses administrative appointments, governance principles, and crowd control strategies. It provides insight into 17th-century Manx governance practices and the Earl's views on authority and management of the Manx population.
The name of the farm Eary Cushlin is thought to possibly preserve the memory of a shieling site. Kermode produced an annotated1:10560 map which places the name on the headland to the west, at SC 217756.
