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.

Historic Manx jury charged with making presentments within each of the six sheadings. The Commissioners of Inquiry in 1792 described the Great Inquest as one of several juries peculiar to the Island, alongside the Setting Quest and juries of trespass and inquiry. Each sheading had a Great Inquest of twelve men returned by the Coroner. At the time described by the Commissioners the jurors served for six months, being sworn at the meetings of the Common Law Courts in May and October. The Inquests attended the court of the sheading to which they belonged. A Deemster administered their oath and delivered a charge explaining the matters on which they were expected to make presentments. The Commissioners linked these duties with the old customs entered in the Manx statute book in 1577. The Great Inquests were required to present matters specified there and to return their verdicts and presentments to the Deemsters whenever required. Their role extended into the management of land and local resources. The constitutional notes explain that when the Governor granted licences to enclose land from the wastes or demesnes, the grant remained subject to approval by the Great Inquest in matters affecting public roads, waters and turbary rights. The institution changed over time. A later editorial note records that Great Enquests served for a full year and were sworn at the October Common Law Courts, rather than serving the six-month terms described in the original 1792 report. The Great Inquest also remained part of later legal procedure. Nineteenth-century legislation continued to refer to traverses from its verdicts and provided for new trials before a Deemster and a twelve-man jury where necessary.

The wider Laxey mining valley beyond the Great Wheel itself, encompassing the Welsh, Dumbell's and Engine shafts, the ore-dressing Washing Floors, and the mine buildings that once employed hundreds. Mining began around 1782 and the complex became one of the richest lead, zinc, silver and copper workings in the British Isles before closing in 1929.

The site of a waterwheel in the Great Laxey mine complex, which was used for winding and pumping in the Agneash Shaft.

The site of the Agneash Shaft in the Great Laxey mine complex. This shaft was sunk to only 59 fathoms below adit level and hardly developed before it was abandoned.

The site of the Dumbell's shaft in the Great Laxey mine complex. This shaft was begun circa 1860 and was ultimately the deepest shaft in the mine, reaching 302 fathoms (552 metres) below adit level.

The site of a waterwheel and winding house in the Great Laxey mine complex which was used for winding and pumping in the Dumbell's Shaft.

The site of a turbine in the Great Laxey mine complex, which was used for winding in the Dumbell's Shaft.

The site of a steam powered winding house which was built circa 1847 for the Engine and Welsh shafts within the Great Laxey mine complex.

The site of the Engine Shaft in the Great Laxey mine complex. It was sunk to a depth of 247 fathoms below adit level and was used for winding and later for pumping.

A particular feature of the Great Laxey mines was the hydraulic Man Engine, which was the miners lift.  Prior to 1881 the men had to walk up and down ladders to get to work on the lower levels. With journeys taking an hour each way, or a quarter of their shift. The Man Rods, baulks of metal-reinforced timber with small, standing room only, platforms attached at regular intervals were installed in the partitioned Welsh Shaft.  The shaft followed the lode so that it was about 10-15 degrees off vertical and the rods were supported on rollers. The Man Engine was a two-foot diameter piston with twelve foot stroke which lifted the rods this height. Platforms were fixed at twelve foot intervals on the shaft, one side being used up to go up, the other to go down.  When the engine was working a head of some two hundred foot of water drove the piston up vertically. It fell under its own weight. The Engine continued to work until 1919 and its remains are preserved in situ. The men were carried up and down by stepping from the platforms on the rods onto the the fixed platforms in the shaft. Any one rod platform only travelled between two of the fixed ones. To go down from a level a miner stepped onto a rod platform when the piston reached the top of the stroke. He rode it down and stepped off onto a fixed platform when the bottom of the stroke was reached. He stepped onto the next rod platform when it was lifted level with him and rode on down to the next fixed platform.

The location of the waterwheel which supplied power to the smith's bellows in the Great Laxey mine's yard.

The site of the washing floors for the Great Laxey mine.

The site of a large waterwheel parallel to the stream and below the road which was part of the complex of washing floors for the Great Laxey mine. The wheel remains in situ.

The site of a large waterwheel which was positioned at right angles to the stream and below the road which was part of the complex of washing floors for the Great Laxey mine.

The site of a 19th century lead mine shaft in the Great Laxey mine sett.  This was the north shaft, which only reached a depth of 180 metres below ground level, and was backfilled in circa 1919.

The turbine house of the North Shaft within the Great Laxey Mines complex. The shaft was never fully developed.

The site of a turbine powered winding house built circa 1860 for the Engine Shaft and for the Man Engine in the Welsh Shaft within the Great Laxey mine complex.

A record for the Tynwald Mine within the Great Laxey mining sett. The wider Great Laxey Mine, of which the sett's various named workings (including Tynwald Mine) formed part, was one of the richest lead, zinc and silver mines in the British Isles, opened by around 1782 and worked until final closure in 1929-1934. At its peak in the 1830s the mine employed over 200 men, and its ore included galena (lead sulphide) of exceptional quality - a 118 kg specimen from Laxey holds the world record for the largest sulphide crystal and is displayed at the Natural History Museum, London. The mine's famous waterwheel, the Lady Isabella (the Laxey Wheel), was built to pump water from the workings. No source consulted names Tynwald Mine specifically, so this general sett-wide history is offered as context rather than as a specific record of this individual working.

The site of the Welsh Shaft within the Great Laxey mine complex. It was sunk to a depth of 295 fathoms below adit level, and was used for winding, for the Man Engine and for pumping out the lower levels.

A single worked flint, a convex scraper 40mm long, was found in the north-west corner of Ordnance Survey Field no. 2838, on ploughed land adjacent to the footpath running westwards from Ronaldsway Industrial Estate to Great Meadow. The artefact is in the Manx National Heritage collections, accession no. 1968-0152.

Great Meadow has one of the most extensive recorded accident histories of any named corner on the Billown Circuit. Wikipedia's article on the circuit lists fatalities there in 1973 (Mike Pepper) and 1988 (Steve Taylor), and then three in a single year, 1996 (Graham Hayne, Michael Craig, and Dave Pinkerton), underscoring its reputation as one of the course's most demanding sections.

Medieval burials. An annotated map showing antiquarian notes maintained at the Manx Museum records 'Lintel Graves found, 1914'. The observation was recorded by PMC Kermode, director of the museum between 1922 and 1932. No further information is known and the annotation is marked at the grid reference provided.

This two storey terrace of farm cottages constitute outbuildings to the Great Meadow complex which is separately described with respect to the main house. However the half timbered and cement rendered slate pitch roofed dwellings are worthy of note in their own right. No two cottages are quite the same in their design so that the elevational treatment reflects various room sizes in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. The eaves line is sometimes broken up upper floor windows and sometimes not. When the eaves line is broken there may be either a partial raising of the roof or a complete dormer with gable treatment. Yet there is consistancy to the half timbered work of the second floor which serves to unify the otherwise more broken line of the plain stucco ground floor. Some of the cottages have an externally applied vestibule disrupting the continuity of the ground floor and the whitewashed stone wall separating the farm yard is carried into the facade of the terrace. No interior inspection was made and the buildings appear in need of repair. It has been suggested in the recommendation for the main house that the entire complex be listed for preservation as a grouping in a manner which enables the modernisation of individual buildings within character restraints. The same ruling would include this terrace which is set in a completely separate part of the grounds to the main house and gardens.

A post medieval farmhouse which resembles a stone castle of two to three storeys, approached through an elaborate gate house and arch of similar character. There are two principle towers, each rectangular in plan rising above the slate pitched roof which for the most part is concealed behind stone battlements as a parapet treatment. The road passes very close to the southeast wall of the main structure and gives the appearance of having cut off a wing of the building which has then been cauterised with slate shingles to cover the wound. Although no interior inspection has been made it is obvious that the building both externally and internally is in a very poor state of repair. Furthermore the grounds are not being adequately maintained and the property has a general feeling of decay and neglect. Some of the farm buildings are of completely different character and are described separately. The farm complex has historic significance and the buildings themselves have value from an architectural standpoint. Since there is a risk that the property will deteriorate it is suggested that the complex be listed for preservation in total but under a general intent to preserve the juxtaposition of the main 'folly' and a pleasing terrace of out-buildings in clearly defined grounds. Such a listing should give room for the modernising of the buildings provided their basic character is not changed. Since the validity of the grouping is concerned with farming, improvements should be judged also in the light of the need for an economical operation continuing.