Castletown - former Manx capital.

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July 9th 2010

Published: July 18th 2010

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Castletown

Castle Rushen - viewpoint from outside

We travelled to Castletown (Manx: Balley Chashtal) from Peel through Douglas by bus number 1. Main destinations in Castletown were Castle Rushen and Old House of Keys.

First we directed to Castle Rushen and we noticed thai castle is different than the Peel Castle. This castle was built during Vikings had power on the island and it might consider as well good example of medieval architecture. Castle Rushen was built in 13th century and at present it is used as museum, court house and education centre. Most part of this castle runs as museum and it is managed by Manx Heritage. Inside this narrow roomed castle we can admire for nice exhibition and feel like one of inhabitants. This castle had to been very difficult to capture as we noticed because walls are quite high and castle has two portcullises. Some attackers would be trapped between this gates and defenders could shoot the with bows. To get to this castle we used 10 Day Heritage Pass that we bought in Peel for 16 pounds.

Afterwards we directed to The Old House of Keys. We knew it was old seat of the Tynwald - Isle of Man's parlament with long over

Castletown

Castle Rushen - viewpoint from outside

millenium history. Nowadays this building runs as museum managed by Manx Heritage and it was restored as it looked in 1866 when Tylward moved to Douglas. Unfortunately it was closed but we didn't hesitate and we immidiately decided to travel to Port Erin.

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