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28th Aug 2008


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A scenic image of Port Erin, taken from the top of Bradda Head.

A depiction of Sugar-loaf rock and the Spanish head, where a portion of the Spanish Armada met its fate

A panoramic view over Ramsey and the adjacent coastline.

A view of the iron bridge crossing the Sulby River.

A panoramic view of Mooragh Park - a lake built into a pleasure park in 1887.

Maughold church contains a number of historically important Celtic crosses. A portion of the land has been in Manx National Heritage ownership since 1965.

A view of the upper falls beside Sulby Glen - a wooded glen around the Sulby River.

An image of Sulby Bridge, located outside Ramsey - known as the island's agriculture town.

The island was a Celtic community which came under the rule of the Norse in 1079. Though a Crown dependancy, it is self-governing and is not a part of the EU.

Tynwald, the Island's parliament, was nominally founded in AD 979.

Source

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.08686
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,
Photochrom Collection, Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsc-08686

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