The 17 National Manx Glens

The 17 National Manx Glens

The 17 National Manx Glens are the officially adopted glens situated throughout the Isle of Man. The island country is renowned for its natural beauty and its "pocket sized" scenic natural glens.

All of these glens are to be found in wooded, steep river cuttings but the Isle of Man has more than 120 glens (in Manx, "Glion" or "Glan") a website "'Glenology" at [http://great.outdoors.com/manxglens Great.Outdoors.com/ManxGlens] is an ongoing study of Manx place names and places to ascertain exactly how many glens actually exist in this 33 ml x 12 ml island country.

The 17 National Glens are:

# Elfin Glen, Ramsey
# Lhergy Frissel, Ramsey
# Dhoon Glen, nr Laxey
# Laxey Glen, Laxey
# Silverdale Glen, nr Ballasalla
# Colby Glen, Colby
# Ballaglass Glen, runs to Cornaa Beach
# Glen Maye (Patrick), South Peel & Patrick
# Glen Helen, St. Johns-Michael
# Glen Mooar (Michael), Kirk Michael
# Glen Wyllin, Kirk Michael
# Tholt-y-Will Glen, Sulby Valley
# Molly Quirk's Glen, Onchan
# Port Soderick Glen, Braddan/Santon border
# Groudle Glen, nr Onchan
# The Purt, Ballaugh, Ballaugh
# Bishops Court Glen, between Kirk Michael and Ballagh


The site presently has some 115 names listed which will no doubt increase as research continues.

By no means all glens are wooded and Glen Crammag running northwards from the B10 road into Sulby Reservoir at Crammag gives evidence of this.To date, no name was found for the neighbour glen of Glen Crammag which runds from the well known Brandywell Corner down into Sulby Reservoir. This is also treeless.

The names of some well known glens are strangely not known to many Manx residents. So the glen where the world famous Fairy Bridge is located on the main A5 road to Isle of Man Airport and the island's south. This is Ballalonna Glen which is named after the closest farmhouse.

ee also

*Sulby Glen

External links

* [http://www.isleofman.com/Community/ePedia/Geography/Glens/NationalGlens.aspx National Glens of the Isle of Man]
* [http://www.isleofman.com/Community/ePedia/Geography/Glens.aspx Information about the Glens and Plantations of the Isle of Man]
* [http://great.outdoors.com/manxglens Great.Outdoors.com/ManxGlens - Glenology]

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