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Boirane, Ballelby Long House
A longhouse noted within the area of the Ballelby promontory fort.
Boirane, Ballelby Promontory Fort
A fort surrounded by ditch and circular bank shows also the ruin of a long house similar to that at Poyll Vaish, which proved to be pre-Viking. In the north, west and southwest, steep natural slopes fall to the sea and a steep-sided river course.  There are no natural defences on the east side where fragmentary portions of an artificial ditch is all that remains of the outer defences. The remainder of this ditch has been incorporated in and destroyed by a modern boundary wall. The ditch is 4.0 m wide and 0.5 m deep. Around the east periphery of the interior of the fort, which is raised a minimum of 2.0 m above the surrounding ground, is a bank 2.0 m wide with an inner height of 0.3 m. A crescentic bank 3.0 m wide with an average height of 0.5 m, forms an enclosure with the steep hill side which is comparable to similar enclosures at the side of the Knoc y Trodden vitrified fort. It is grass covered with no visible trace of interior constructions.  The entrance was probably created by a weak bank extending north from the crescentic enclosure bank and the slight overlapping created by the outward swing of the bank around the upper periphery of the fort. In respect of the enclosure bank, this promontory fort is unique among several otherwise similar forts on the island.
Boirane, Creglea Promontory Fort
Iron Age or Medieval defended promontory. This west-facing coastal promontory is defended on all sides by quite steep vegetated slopes descending to rocks, except to the east where a ditch 4m wide and 1m deep impedes an approach from the land; no obvious causeway is apparent. The landward side of the ditch is protected by a bank which is most obvious towards the north and south terminals. The interior of the promontory is slightly higher than the ground to the east, and contains a roughly level platform measuring 15m E-W by 25m N-S. A slight bank surrounds the platform and is most prominent along the east or landward side where is about 1m wide with and 0.6m high, broken at SC22171478013 for a distance of 3m which may represent the original entrance. No trace of interior structures has been observed.
Bolivia Mount, Dhoor House
A post-medieval country house set in formal gardens.
Bollan Bane
The midsummer custom centred on mugwort, gathered at midnight for maximum protective power and worn as a chaplet to ward off enchantment. On Midsummer Eve the bollan bane was pulled and woven. Women wore chaplets of it. Sprigs were pinned to clothes for the Tynwald ceremony the following morning. The herb connected the spiritual protection of the eve to the constitutional ceremony of the day. The sequence mattered: all witches and evil spirits having been disposed of on the previous evening, the great Tynwald Court was held. The Christian saint's name attached to a plant gathered for pre-Christian protective purposes: Bollan-Feaill-Eoin, John's Feast-day wort. The accommodation in a single herb.
Bollan-Feaill-Eoin
John's Feast-day wort: the Manx name for mugwort, the protective herb gathered at midsummer. The name itself demonstrates the accommodation: a Christian saint's name attached to a plant gathered for pre-Christian protective purposes. The bollan bane was gathered on Midsummer Eve, woven into chaplets, and worn to ward off enchantment. The following morning the people gathered at Tynwald, the herb still pinned to their clothes.
Bolton
Bolton is a town in Lancashire, England where James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, was executed on 15 October 1651. The 1644 storming of Bolton by Rupert's forces killed an estimated 1,600 people and Derby led the infantry assault. Bolton was chosen specifically as the place of execution because of that massacre. The people of Bolton refused to strike a nail into the scaffold. The scaffold itself was built partly from timber brought from the ruins of the Earl's own house, Lathom House, which had been destroyed in the fighting in the civil wars.
Bolton Massacre
28 May 1644. James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, led an infantry assault on Bolton that killed an estimated 1,600 people. When he was captured at Worcester seven years later and executed at Bolton, the town remembered.
Bond and recognisance for release from custody at Castle Rushen
Bond and recognisance for release from custody at Castle Rushen
A recognisance document ordering the release of petitioners from Castle Rushen Goal on condition they provide bonds of £100 each to keep the peace and appear at the next Court of General Goal Delivery. Robert Christian is bound by sureties John Corrin and John Rodfone to answer charges.
Bond conditions regarding estate encumbrances and search requirements
Bond conditions regarding estate encumbrances and search requirements
This document is an excerpt from a legal bond or contract concerning the estates of Sir Charles Frederick and Edmund Hoskins. It details conditions requiring searches for charges or encumbrances on the estates, with stipulations about disclosure and affidavits to be produced by December 1st, referencing a heritable bond of seven thousand and life estate interests of Mary, Duchess Dowager of Atholl.
Bond for appeal prosecution by Maurice McAuliffe with John Quayle and Richard Quirk as sureties
Bond for appeal prosecution by Maurice McAuliffe with John Quayle and Richard Quirk as sureties
A recognisance bond dated 23 October 1764 in which Maurice McAuliffe (appellant) is bound with sureties John Quayle and Richard Quirk of Castletown for three pounds. The bond conditions require McAuliffe to prosecute an appeal against jury verdicts and pay awarded costs if the verdicts are affirmed. A subsequent court decree from Castle Rushen dated 7 December 1764 confirms the jury verdicts.
Bond for appeal prosecution with thirty pounds penalty, December 1761
Bond for appeal prosecution with thirty pounds penalty, December 1761
A recognisance bond dated 19 December 1761 binding the appellant Maurice McAuliffe to prosecute an appeal within specified time limits and pay costs as awarded. The bond stipulates a thirty-pound penalty payable to the Crown's representatives if conditions are not met.
Bond for Appeal to Staff of Government by Thomas [obscured]ain
Bond for Appeal to Staff of Government by Thomas [obscured]ain
A recognisance bond dated January 17, 1763, in which Luke Christian of Kirk Braddan and John Cannell of Peel Town bind themselves in the sum of three pounds to ensure that Thomas [obscured]ain lays his appeal before the Staff of Government within twenty days and provides authentic copies of proceedings. The bond conditions compliance with the judgment of the Spiritual Court if affirmed.
Bond for prosecution of appeal by Thomas Corrin, William Garraut and Robert Freer
Bond for prosecution of appeal by Thomas Corrin, William Garraut and Robert Freer
A recognisance bond dated April 16th 1767 binding Thomas Corrin, William Garraut of Castletown and Robert Freer of Douglas in a sum of three pounds to prosecute an appeal according to prescribed manner. The document includes subsequent hearing continuances recorded from July 1767 through December 1769 at Castle Rushen Chancery Court.
Bond for Thomas Stole's good behaviour toward petitioner
Bond for Thomas Stole's good behaviour toward petitioner
A recognisance bond executed at Castle Rushen in which Thomas Stole agrees to maintain peaceable behaviour toward the petitioner and his family, and to refrain from keeping dogs or causing any nuisance. Robert Croor (Taylor of Douglas) and Thomas Waterson (Yeoman of Balla Naird) stand as sureties.
Bond obligation for discharge of heritable debt on estates of John Duke of Athole
Bond obligation for discharge of heritable debt on estates of John Duke of Athole
A legal document detailing the obligations of John Duke of Athole regarding the discharge of a heritable bond on estates he has sold and conveyed. The document specifies requirements for freeing the estates from encumbrance and providing evidence of payment to Sir Charles Frederick and Edmund Hoskins.
Bond of appeal before Isle of Man Government, £3 penal sum
Bond of appeal before Isle of Man Government, £3 penal sum
A recognisance bond executed by John Stevenson and Thomas Taylor, binding themselves in the penal sum of £3 to ensure the appellant submits an appeal to the Government of the Isle of Man within ten days and complies with any affirmation of the Spiritual Court's order. The document includes subsequent court continuations and scheduling notes dated through February 1766.
Bond of obligation for Charles Kavanagh's appeal against Deemster's judgment
Bond of obligation for Charles Kavanagh's appeal against Deemster's judgment
A recognisance bond dated 9 March 1765 in which Charles Kavanagh, Charles Joynor, and Thomas Cannoll bind themselves in the penal sum of three pounds to the Lord and Lady of the Isle. The document indicates that Kavanagh has brought an appeal to be relieved against a Deemster's judgment.
Bond provisions for discharge of principal, interest, and costs with indemnification clauses
Bond provisions for discharge of principal, interest, and costs with indemnification clauses
A legal instrument establishing a bond arrangement whereby estates are held in trust as security for payment of principal money, interest, and costs. The document outlines conditions for freeing the estates from encumbrance upon full discharge of obligations and includes indemnification provisions using East India Bonds.
Bond with appeal regarding property demise and penal sum
Bond with appeal regarding property demise and penal sum
A partially legible bond document mentioning an appeal, with references to a penal sum of three pounds and obligations relating to property (demised premises). The document includes signature and judicial consideration of the appeal with orders regarding completion and enjoyment of the demised property.
Bonds for good behaviour given at Castle Rushen, August 1765
Bonds for good behaviour given at Castle Rushen, August 1765
A legal document recording the posting of bonds by prisoners William Cubbon, Ewan Lown, William Cowle, and Charles Cowle at Castle Rushen. Each prisoner and three sureties enter into recognisances conditioned on good behaviour and obedience to officers.
Bonds of recognisance for seized flower (flour) sacks on the Isle of Man
Bonds of recognisance for seized flower (flour) sacks on the Isle of Man
Two recognisance bonds dated 13 July 1764, executed before John Quayle (Comptroller), binding George Strahan and William Callow respectively to the Lord and Lady of the Isle of Man for the seizure of flower (flour). The bonds secure payment of specified sums if the seized goods are judged a lawful seizure.
Booilevane Standing Stone
Undated standing stone. This large white quartz boulder stands close to the crest of a south-facing slope overlooking Skibrick Hill, which lies just to the south. It stands 1.5m high and is more than 2m broad across on its widest face. It has a clear view across the valley south towards a similar stone on Skibrick Hill. There is a well established local tradition that the Billown 'Circle' (PRN 0146) and the standing stones surrounding it are closely associated.
Booilevelt Iron Working Site
The site of former iron workings where the Ballaberna coin hoard (PRN 0616.00) was found in 1834.
Booillyvelt, Cornaa Gorse Mill, wind
The site of a post-medieval gorse mill.