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The name is derived from the Manx words meaning ‘village of the willow river’. The old part of the village has the picturesque church, grey cottages and stone barns lining the road down to the ford across the Silver Burn river.
Upstream is Monk’s Bridge dating from 1350, a narrow cobbled surface only suitable for pedestrians.
Downstream are the ruins of Rushen Abbey founded by Olaf I, the fifth in the line of Viking kings who ruled the island from the 11th to the 13th centuries.
Upstream is Monk’s Bridge dating from 1350, a narrow cobbled surface only suitable for pedestrians.
Downstream are the ruins of Rushen Abbey founded by Olaf I, the fifth in the line of Viking kings who ruled the island from the 11th to the 13th centuries.
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- Landmark