Cabbal Rhullickey, on the Bishop's Demense, is not marked on the Ordnance Survey maps and no trace of it now exists. It is thought that it would be in the field numbered as Plot 1541 on the 1870 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. In an edition of the Manx Advertiser from 1826 the site is referred to as Cabbal Ronnican and Kneen thought that the present form of the name is a corruption of St Roincheann.
Cadwallon ap Cadfan (d. 634) was King of Gwynedd in north Wales, known for his alliance with the pagan Mercian King Penda against Edwin of Northumbria. His connection to Manx tradition relates to the period of British and Irish influence in the Irish Sea region before the Norse settlement of the Island.
Two storey, double-fronted house. Originally constructed before 1868 (present on Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st edition map of that date).
The property was acquired by the Manx Museum and National Trust in 1996.
Caesar Bacon (1791-1876) was a Manx-born soldier who served as an ensign in the 23rd Light Dragoons at the battles of Quatre-Bras and Waterloo, where he was slightly wounded. He rose to the rank of major before retiring to the Isle of Man in 1818, where he became a member of the House of Keys, captain of the parish of Santon, and a justice of the peace, and was noted for his improvements to agriculture on the Island.
Caesar Bacon was twenty-four years old, a major in the 23rd Light Dragoons. He was the son of John Joseph Bacon, one of Douglas's foremost merchants in the pre-Revestment era — the man whose shipping ledger recorded the voyages of the brig Caesar to Naples and Gothenburg and the West Indies. The ledger was the record of the commercial world the Revestment had destroyed. The son fought in the war that followed the destruction. Bacon was wounded twice — at Quatre-Bras and again at Waterloo. His uniform survives at Manx National Heritage: the oldest known Napoleonic light cavalry uniform in the British Isles. It sits alongside Quilliam's naval uniform — the pressed fisherman and the merchant's son, Trafalgar and Waterloo, the two poles of Manx military service.
Caesar Parr was a Peel man who publicly accused Charles Lutwidge, the Crown's customs enforcer on the Isle of Man, of being "an Egregious Smuggler" following the 1765 Revestment. Lutwidge sued him for slander, but the case collapsed when Parr prepared his defence. The episode illustrates the tensions between the Island's established community and the new customs regime imposed after the Crown's purchase of the lordship.
An extract from Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars (Book V), providing the earliest known classical description of Britain and its offshore islands, including Mona (identified as the Isle of Man). This passage describes Britain's triangular shape, geographical dimensions, and the position of Mona relative to Britain and Ireland. Included here as comparative/contextual historical background for understanding the Isle of Man's early geographical and historical significance.
Excerpt from Julius Caesar's Commentaries (Liber V) describing the geography of Britain and nearby islands, including explicit reference to Mona (the Isle of Man). The text provides classical geographical context for the Isle of Man's position in relation to Britain, Gaul, Ireland, and the continent, with bilingual Latin and English presentation.
This possible promontory fort may be a natural feature. It consists of a 20.0 metre wide bank, which has an external height of circa 3.0 metres and an inner height of up to 1.0 metre. The "bank" is largely composed of outcropping rock with some soil cover, which creates the bank effect. Its orientation conforms to that of the strata in this part of the island and there is no visible trace of artificial treatment. There is no trace of an outer ditch in the comparatively undisturbed ground. The absence of a ditch suggests that this is indeed a natural feature, as a ditch would be essential to complete the defences of a fort, particularly where the bank fades. Unlike the promontory forts in the Isle of Man this feature is not sited to take advantage of natural defences in addition to the seaward cliffs.
The site of a Bronze Age burial cairn, which is shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. P.M.C. Kermode, in his List of Manx Antiquities (No.27) suggests that this cairn may originally have been known as "Cairn ny Wheel."
The cairn consists of a ditchless mound with a diameter of 12.0 metres and a minimum height of 0.4 metres which has been ploughed over. The number of stones exposed on the surface shows a heavy stone content to the mound.
The site of a Bronze Age burial cairn, which is shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. P.M.C. Kermode, in his List of Manx Antiquities (No.27) suggests that this cairn may originally have been known as "Cairn ny Wheel."
The cairn consists of a ditchless mound with a diameter of 12.0 metres and a minimum height of 0.4 metres which has been ploughed over. The number of stones exposed on the surface shows a heavy stone content to the mound.
A detailed calendar and finding aid to papers in Home Office file HO 98/63, covering correspondence between the Home Office, Isle of Man governors, the Duke of Atholl, and local officials (1784–1790). Documents address copper coinage, smuggling suppression, barracks, fisheries, the Tynwald Bill, the Keys' memorial, and the Duke of Atholl's disputed rights and visits. Highly relevant to post-Revestment constitutional and administrative tensions.
A calendar/finding aid listing 140 documents in Home Office records HO 98/64 covering 1791-1793, documenting correspondence between the Secretary of State (Dundas), Lt. Governor Shaw, Duke of Atholl, and Manx officials regarding governance, enquiry into allegations, military fencibles, customs enforcement, and constitutional matters during the post-Revestment period.
A calendar index of the contents of Home Office file HO 98/67, covering administrative and official correspondence relating to Isle of Man governance between 1806 and 1812. The file contains letters between the Lieutenant Governor (Cornelius Smelt), the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), the Secretary of State for the Home Office, and various Island officials and residents, touching on military affairs, forgery prosecutions, impressment, harbour management, deemster appointments, and tensions between the Duke and the Lieutenant Governor.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to Home Office files HO 98/72 covering 1823 Isle of Man governance. Documents include correspondence between the Duke of Atholl (Governor), James Clarke (Attorney General), Robert Peel, and Henry Hobhouse concerning judicial corruption (Deemster Gawne), constitutional questions about the Keys' role in courts, charitable trusts, tithe commutation, and administrative reform. Highly relevant to the post-Revestment period showing English oversight and Manx governance tensions.
A calendar/finding aid listing the contents of Home Office file HO 98/76 covering 1829–1830. It catalogues 108 items of official correspondence concerning Isle of Man governance, including disputes over tithes and the Barrow academic fund, coroners' reform, police reform, insolvent debtors, ecclesiastical appointments, and reaction to the recent purchase of the island's sovereignty from the Duke of Atholl. The file reflects post-Revestment administrative challenges.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to Home Office papers (HO 98/77) covering Isle of Man from 1830 to 1834. Topics include Bishop Barrow's Educational Foundation, King William's College establishment, church livings, ecclesiastical appointments (including Archdeacon succession), copper coinage, harbour infrastructure, gaol conditions, wreck reports, and various administrative complaints and petitions. Compiled by F. Coakley and published on Manx Notebook.
A comprehensive calendar/finding aid to 303 documents in Home Office file HO 98/68, covering 1813-1817 correspondence between the Duke of Atholl (Governor-in-Chief), Cornelius Smelt (Lieutenant Governor), James Clarke (Attorney General), Lord Sidmouth (Home Secretary), and other officials regarding Isle of Man administration. Topics include constitutional disputes over gubernatorial powers, legal opinions on the Duke's residual rights, appointments to office, public buildings and fortifications, smuggling cases (esp. Robert Quilliam), volunteer corps organisation, and relations between London and the Island authorities. Directly relevant to the Revestment project's coverage of post-1765 constitutional tensions and administrative practice.
A calendar/finding aid listing 148 documents from the Home Office HO 98/63 file covering 1784-1790, detailing correspondence between Isle of Man officials (Governors Smith and Dawson, Receiver General Lutwidge, Attorney-General Busk) and the Home Office (Lord Sydney, George Grenville, Under-Secretaries Aust and Nepean). Topics include copper coinage, smuggling suppression, Tynwald governance disputes with the Duke of Atholl, barracks, fisheries, and constitutional conflicts over sovereignty and executive authority.
A finding aid and calendar listing to 140 documents in Home Office file HO 98/64, covering Isle of Man administrative correspondence 1791-1793. The calendar includes correspondence between the Home Secretary, governors, legal officers, and the Duke of Atholl regarding governance, ecclesiastical disputes, military matters, trade restrictions, and constitutional issues arising from Atholl's appointment as Governor-in-Chief.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to 61 documents in Home Office series HO 98/65, covering correspondence between Isle of Man officials (Duke of Atholl, Lt Governor Shaw, Keys/Tynwald) and the Home Office (Dundas, Nepean, Portland) during 1794-1795. Topics include herring fishery regulation, military presence, pier destruction, parliamentary privilege disputes, revenue assessments, and escalating tensions between the Duke and Lt Governor.
A calendar index of 60+ administrative and correspondence documents from the British Home Office (HO 98/65) covering 1794-1795, primarily letters between the Duke of Atholl, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Shaw, and officials including Lord Portland, Henry Dundas, and others. Topics include herring fishery regulation, military quartering, Manx governance, parliamentary privilege, and revenue administration, reflecting post-Revestment governance tensions.
A detailed calendar/finding aid to 74 administrative papers from the Home Office (HO 98/70) for 1821, covering Isle of Man governance including census implementation, judicial appointments, civil establishment reform, food price riots, and troop deployment. The collection documents correspondence between the Duke of Atholl, Lieutenant Governor Smelt, the Keys (Manx parliament), and the Home Office under Lord Sidmouth during a period of social unrest and constitutional tension.
