This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...Barrule there are indications of ancient fortifications, inclosing an irregular area of 22,000 square yards, the thickness of the base of a wall on the northern side being upwards of nine yards. When we call to mind that the ancient name of this mountain was War-field or Warfell, and that on the invasion of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...Barrule there are indications of ancient fortifications, inclosing an irregular area of 22,000 square yards, the thickness of the base of a wall on the northern side being upwards of nine yards. When we call to mind that the ancient name of this mountain was War-field or Warfell, and that on the invasion of the island by Richard de Mandeville, the Manx retreated towards this Strictly speaking, Garraghan and Bein-y-phot in the northern district are the continuation of this axis; the former is 1520 feet, and the latter 1750 feet, high. t Slieauwhalhn, 978; North Barrule, 1850 feet; Sneafell, 2004 feet. The meaning of Slieauwhallin is Whelp's Mountain (Slieau Mountain and Quallian Whelp). Barrule is generally derived from baare top, and ooyl an apple. Perhaps it is baare-rouail, wandering or ramhling point; Wild Mountain. J Sartel, 1560 feet. See Chap. VIII. supra p. 104. SLIEATTWHALLTN. 181 point as their natural stronghold, we shall perhaps be brought to the conclusion that at one time this was a military station of considerable importance. We return into the Peel road, and descend towards St. John's Valley, following the course of a streamlet which takes its rise in the turfy ground near the sixth milestone. It has cut its way in one part along the line of junction of the granite and the schists, and we see the two so closely dovetailed into each other, that the granite has the appearance at one or two points of being an overlying formation. The metamorphism of the incorporated schists is well worth study. The shaft of a mine has been sunk upon their junction, and from a vein running nearly north and south some valuable ore is at present being obtained out of the granite. A little lower down by the road-side near Hamilton bridge is a...
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