Robert Fargher launched the *Mona's Herald* newspaper in 1833 and led a thirty-year campaign for a democratically elected House of Keys, publishing what the self-elected House did in its secretive proceedings. The Keys responded by bringing libel action, and Fargher was imprisoned. His argument that an unelected body should not be given financial authority was eventually used by Governor Henry Loch to force the Keys to accept popular election in 1866.

Robert Heywood (1633-1690) served as Governor of the Isle of Man from 1678. He is chiefly remembered for reviving the tradition of horse racing on the Island, renewing the races at Langness that had been established by the 7th Earl of Derby in 1628 but abandoned since 1651. He was also associated with useful legislation during his governorship.

Colonel Robert Lilburne (1613-1665) was the Parliamentary commander who defeated James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, at the Battle of Wigan Lane on 25 August 1651. Derby had sailed from the Isle of Man days earlier with a small force to join Charles II's march into England. Lilburne's cavalry intercepted them before they could reach the King. Derby was wounded but escaped; most of his men were killed or scattered. Lilburne later served as a Parliamentary commissioner during the Interregnum and was involved in the military governance of the north of England.

Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His connection to the Isle of Man relates to his government's involvement in the Island's governance and the continuing discussions over customs, trade and constitutional arrangements during the nineteenth century.

Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) was King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329. In 1313, he invaded and captured the Isle of Man, bringing it under Scottish control. The Island remained under Scottish overlordship until it was reclaimed by England, and Bruce's invasion is one of the defining events in the medieval history of Mann.

Robert Wilson was an Irishman convicted of bringing counterfeit half-crowns and shillings into the Isle of Man and passing three of them. He was hanged. His case illustrated the distinction the Manx legal system drew between a local man who tested his metal and a foreigner who imported counterfeit coin for profit.

A 19th century dye works in Douglas.

The site of a post-medieval corn mill.

The site of a ruined building recorded by William Cubbon. He believed that site of St Trinian's hospital (PRN 0741.00) lay within Greeba plantation and that this building was connected.

Written in decorative script using black, blue and red ink. There are small illustrations on each page. The roll of honour is displayed on the Ronald Lankester Memorial Book Stand, located in the Chapel of Remembrance, St Brendan's Church.

Rolt was a London lawyer hired by George Moore in 1766 to prepare his case for the Treasury during the post-Revestment deputations. Moore was frustrated when Rolt's document emphasised the prerogatives of the Lord rather than the rights of the people. Rolt later wrote a history of the Isle of Man, published in 1773.

This book stand was donated in memory of Ronald Lankester (RAF) reported missing during the Second World War (19 April 1943). The book stand was presented by his parents. Displayed on the stand is a roll of honour for men from the parish. The book stand is housed within the Chapel of Remembrance in St Brendan's Church.

A post-medieval house facing Derbyhaven Beach.

Ronaldsway is a farm in the parish of Malew in the south of the Isle of Man. It is historically significant as the assembly point for the 1651 Manx rebellion, where the militia under William Christian (Illiam Dhone) gathered before seizing the Island's forts from the Countess of Derby's forces. It later became the site of the Isle of Man's airport.

Site of Medieval battle. Magnus, the last Norse king of Man, submitted to the Scottish king in 1264, and received a charter by which he held the island from the crown of Scotland. Magnus died in 1265, at which point the island reverted to Scotland. The Manx were not reconciled to their new masters, and supported Godred, Magnus' illegitimate son, as king. In 1275 Alexander III sent a powerful army by sea to enforce his sovereignty, which landed at Ronaldsway on 7th October and gathered on St Michael's Isle. The Scottish envoys failed to agree terms with Godred and his counsellors, and before dawn on the following morning the well-organised Scots routed the Manx, who were killed as they fled. Scottish rule was firmly established for a time until destabilised by the Anglo-Scottish wars at the end of the century. The two sources for this historical narrative are the Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles, and the Lanercost Chronicle. The latter describes Godred and his advisors as 'perverse' in their refusal to accept the terms offered, and the subsequent battle as a terrible rout, whilst the former quotes from an unnamed source that 537 Manxmen fell. The exact site of the battle is unknown. The Scottish army would have sailed into Derbyhaven, and may have camped anywhere on Langness, Ronaldsway or St Michael's Isle that provided the necessary security, although the Lanercost Chronicle specifically mentions the latter. The annotation on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 First Edition mapping of 1868 (from which the grid reference is taken) arises from a confusion of this battle of Ronaldsway with the skirmish which took place on St Michael's Isle in 1250, reinforced by the tradition of graves being found in the area (also marked on the map a little to the south) which was later proved by excavation in the 1930s.

Neolithic pottery. Two large late Neolithic jars were found in 1944 during construction work at Ronaldsway aerodrome. The pots were found close together by construction staff employed levelling ground to the north of the site of the millpond which once supplied the farm mill at Ronaldsway, and slightly to the south of the (then) northern taxiway, close to one of the wartime hangar sites. The findspot was a little over 300m west of the site of the Neolithic house discovered in 1943. It has generally been assumed that the pots represented burials, but more recent discoveries of similar, earth-fast pots buried upright at Billown suggest that they may equally well have been buried for other purposes.

Neolithic pottery. A large late Neolithic jar was found in 1944 during construction work at Ronaldsway aerodrome. The pot was found close to another of similar type by construction staff employed levelling ground to the north of the site of the millpond which once supplied the farm mill at Ronaldsway, and slightly to the south of the (then) northern taxiway, close to one of the wartime hangar sites. The findspot was a little over 300m west of the site of the Neolithic house discovered in 1943. It has generally been assumed that the pots represented burials, but more recent discoveries of similar, earth-fast pots buried upright at Billown suggest that they may equally well have been buried for other purposes. The pot is round-bottomed with a decorated rim. It is now in the collections of Manx National Heritage, accession no. 1983-0212A.

Neolithic pottery. A large late Neolithic jar was found in 1944 during construction work at Ronaldsway aerodrome. The pot was found close to another of similar type by construction staff employed levelling ground to the north of the site of the millpond which once supplied the farm mill at Ronaldsway, and slightly to the south of the (then) northern taxiway, close to one of the wartime hangar sites. The findspot was a little over 300m west of the site of the Neolithic house discovered in 1943. It has generally been assumed that the pots represented burials, but more recent discoveries of similar, earth-fast pots buried upright at Billown suggest that they may equally well have been buried for other purposes. The pot is less complete than its neighbour, but is likely to have been similarly round-bottomed. The rim is decorated. It is now in the collections of Manx National Heritage, accession no. 1983-0212B.

Bronze Age pottery. A Bronze Age cordoned cinerary urn was discovered by construction staff outside the Ronaldsway Village area (PRN 0133), about 40m NW of the rectangular dwelling on the northern boundary. This estimated location would place it in the vicinity of the grid reference provided. The urn was badly crushed by lorries removing soil from the site and any remains it may have contained had completely disappeared.

Isle of Man Airport, known also by the Manx name Purt Aer Vannin, was first established as an airfield in 1928 and served as an RAF airfield during the Second World War.

A late medieval burial excavated by the Rev. E.H. Stenning in 1935.

Remains of a Medieval lead-smelting site at Ronaldsway were discovered and excavated by the Rev. E H Stenning in 1935 during the levelling of the area for the construction of the airport. The structures were based on a raised beach and covered by about three feet of blown sand, and were interpreted as a 'lead floor' and accompanying store house and probable dwelling (see sketch plan on illustration card). Finds included masses of domesticated animal bones, apparently for supplying bone charcoal to the crucibles. Two types of pottery were also found, one a coarse type and the other a domestic yellow-glazed ware, dated by the British Museum to the 14th and 15th centuries; two deposits of clay (see plan) suggested manufacture of the pottery on the site; the red clay for the production of crucibles and the fine kaolin (chine clay) for the domestic use. Studying the evidence, Mr M Jope of Queens University, Belfast, tentatively suggested that the site may have been a cupellation shop for the extraction of silver from the lead. Ronaldsway has been equated with 'Bakenaldwath', granted to Furness Abbey in 1246, 'to build a house as well for the reception of their men as for a repository for their minerals', and may relate to the excavated remains. Stennings' excavation also revealed a lintel-grave with the decapitated burial of a young person. The skull was intact but the remainder of the body appeared to have been cremated; burnt earth and ashes had evidently been interred with the skull but no recognisable bone. The mode of burial suggested a Neolithic or later date but Stenning observed that the remains of the smelting site 'were, if anything, a little lower than the base of the grave'. (This suggests that the burial may have been later than the 14th or 15th centuries possibly.)

This broken slab was found at Ronaldsway (IOMHER 0136.00) in 1935. It bears one, or possibly two, faintly scratched simple crosses. A hole has been pecked through the slab near the top.

Post Medieval gun battery. A coastal battery or fort was built at Ronaldsway in 1695 during the French Wars. In 1715, its stonework was renovated and the guns remounted. A small-scale exploratory excavation on the southern tip of the Ronaldsway peninsula revealed a masonry revetment behind an artificial embankment, the obtusely angled plan reminiscent of the early 19th century batteries at Douglas Head and Peel Castle. The excavator assumed that the layout revealed by excavation must therefore have been a further renovation postdating that undertaken in the first half of the 18th century. The site is now heavily overgrown, and any surface indications difficult to see.