Modern weir and sluice.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
Waterpower was provided by a large millpond, now filled in, which extended to a little over an acre in area.
This was primarily was fed from a substantial weir extending across the width of the Sulby river, the intake for which was governed by a sluice. The grid reference relates to centre of the weir structure.
The weir still survives today.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
Waterpower was provided by a large millpond, fed directly off the Sulby river and by a long 410m channel which drew water off the tail race of Staward mill. The grid reference relates to a point midway along its length for indicative purposes.
The millpond and leat have been filled in, though the latter is still visible as a soilmark through the centre of the field it once traversed.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'Corn Mill'.
A long 380m tail race returned water to the river just above Sulby Bridge. The area has since been developed for residential use, but it still contains water for most of its length, and is presumably culverted or piped along its original course back to the river, as the outlet still survives.
A small quantity of worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Peel by CH Cowley, from 'Kelly the Lawyer's Garden.' No further details concerning the circumstances of the discovery are known. The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
Estate or locality in the parish of German, recorded in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources as Kennaa.
The Commissioners of Inquiry recorded two inhabitants of Kennaa among the subscribers from Kirk German: John Gell and Thomas Quine. The same return placed them alongside residents of Ballaquane, Scarifdale, Knocksarry and other properties within the parish.
By the nineteenth century Kennaa was closely associated with the Gell family. John Gell of Kennaa repeatedly appears in the membership lists of the Manx Society and is identified as a member of the House of Keys.
The present evidence pack is largely composed of these repeated membership references and does not support a fuller history of the estate without additional targeted research.
Estate or locality in the parish of German, recorded in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources as Kennaa.
The Commissioners of Inquiry recorded two inhabitants of Kennaa among the subscribers from Kirk German: John Gell and Thomas Quine. The same return placed them alongside residents of Ballaquane, Scarifdale, Knocksarry and other properties within the parish.
By the nineteenth century Kennaa was closely associated with the Gell family. John Gell of Kennaa repeatedly appears in the membership lists of the Manx Society and is identified as a member of the House of Keys.
The present evidence pack is largely composed of these repeated membership references and does not support a fuller history of the estate without additional targeted research.
The site of a Bronze Age cairn and burial cist. It survives as a partially robbed-out, stony mound, measuring up to 20 metres in diameter and up to 1.5 metres high. The ring is about 6 metres thick and has some quartz boulders on its outside face. A collapsed burial cist is exposed within the hollow at the centre of the mound, across which a thin slab still acts as a cap. The monument is fenced off from the rest of the field to protect the site.
Modern watermill (site of) and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill.
The mill was served by a leat which extends 75m from a 0.2 acre millpond, which stores water from a small stream draining the high ground to the south. A tail race leads the water to the complex of channels which drain the Central Valley curragh westwards towards the River Neb.
The structure is now demolished, though the millpond still exists as a water feature.
Modern watermill (site of).
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill.
The mill was served by a leat and a millpond which still survive. A tail race leads the water away to the Central Valley curragh.
The mill is now demolished.
Modern millpond.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill.
A 0.2 acre millpond stored water for the mill by means of a dam across a small stream draining the high ground to the south. A leat connected the pond to the mill.
The millpond still exists as a water feature, and is centred at the grid reference provided.
Modern mill leat.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill.
A 75m leat connects the millpond to the site of the mill. The grid reference relates to a point midway along its course for indicative purposes.
The leat and the millpond still exist, though the mill has been demolished.
Modern mill tail race.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1869 shows a building together with the annotation, 'T. Mill', denoting a threshing mill.
A 120m tail race connects the mill to a complex of field ditches leading to the Central Valley curragh to the north. The grid reference relates to a point midway along its length, for indicative purposes.
The tail race still exists, though the mill has been demolished.
Kensington Arts occupies the purpose-built School of Art that opened on Kensington Road in April 1884, home to the Douglas School of Art. The school had a shaky start, with falling student numbers and resignations threatening it with closure within its first year, but a new art master appointed in January 1885 steadied its fortunes and the school went on to grow and be extended. Among its students and later teachers was the Manx Art Nouveau designer Archibald Knox. The school of art moved out in 1970 to a new College of Further Education on the edge of Douglas, and the original Kensington Road building has since continued in cultural use, today known as Kensington Arts, a youth arts centre.
Historic estate and locality in the south of the Isle of Man, in Kirk Christ Rushen.
Kentraugh appears prominently in the evidence surrounding the Manx rising of 1651. William Qualtrough of Kentraugh was one of the men accused of organising resistance to the Stanley government before Parliamentary forces took the Island.
William Gawne, Captain of Kirk Christ Rushen, later deposed that when he became aware of “a murmeringe” among his company for a rising, William Qualtrough was “the chiefest actor”. According to Gawne, Qualtrough had already assembled the company at the hill of Kentraugh before Gawne arrived from Castletown on Head Court day.
The company then marched to Ronaldsway. Gawne stated that Qualtrough advised him to bring them there and also alleged that Comptroller Sharples knew of the rising.
Other depositions place Qualtrough within the preparations before the mobilisation. Robert Norris recalled him discussing the likelihood of a rising in the weeks before it occurred, while evidence concerning the circulation of the cross — the traditional summons to assemble — also names him.
Kentraugh also marked part of the boundary of the Lord's protected warren around Castle Rushen. An order defining the area ran from the castle to “Kentraugh Burne”, followed that burn inland and continued towards the Santon boundary. Shooting wildfowl and hunting or coursing hares within the circuit were restricted.
Later place-lore remembered a Gawne of Kentraugh keeping a pack of harriers. Gill recorded a coastal place where dead hares were said to have been found after being chased over the cliff by the pack.
Modern bone and saw mill.
The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records a 'Bone & Saw Mill' at this location. The mill was waterpowered, via a leat off the Colby River.
The structure is still standing and is owned by the Department of Infrastructure.
A number of iron bolts were discovered within gravel deposits interpreted as a storm beach in 1967 at Kentraugh, close to the mouth of the stream.
It has been suggested that they may be nails or rivets from a viking ship, and as such may represent the remains of a Viking burial.
Late Medieval and Modern watermill and associated water management.
A mill at Kentraugh is recorded in the 1511 manorial roll. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 shows a corn mill at this location. A millpond is also shown immediately to the east. The mill leat is shown extending for just over 500m upstream, whilst the tail race rejoins the Colby river 200m downstream.
The mill still stands and the mill equipment is preserved. The millpond is now filled in. The leat and tail race are still traceable throughout their length.
Modern watermill.
The 1511 manorial roll records a mill at Kentraugh. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 shows a corn mill at this location.
The mill still stands and the mill equipment is preserved.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 large-scale mapping published in 1870 shows a rectangular enclosure lined with bushes in one of the fields on the eastern edge of the Kentraugh estate. The enclosure was used to dry and bleach the domestic linen from the house after laundering (rather than in the course of textile manufacture).
The enclosure has been ploughed out but is still visible as a crop mark, measuring approximately 60 by 25m.
Modern water mill. The Ordnance Survey First Edition 1:2500 map of 1868 records a flour mill at this location. Milling on this general site (known locally as "the Little Mill") is said to date back as early as the start of the 16th century, and it was run by the Qualtrough family for over 400 years; the mill was largely rebuilt around 1832, when the current machinery was installed. It finally closed in 1943 and lay unused for over twenty years before being restored by a later owner; Kentraugh Mill is now one of the last surviving intact watermills on the island.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a flour mill at this location, together with a leat extending 190m upstream to the Colby river. The mill is sited close to the riverbank and the tail race is shown extending for just a few metres until it rejoins the river.
The mill is still standing, and the leat is fully traceable.
Modern watermill.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a flour mill at this location, close to the riverbank.
The mill is still standing.
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 shows a flour mill, fed by a leat extending 190m upstream to the Colby river.
The leat is fully traceable, and the grid reference is located at the take-off point from the Colby river.
