Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLEN-WYLLIN

GLEN-WYLLIN, a deep narrow vale, traversed by a stream, in Kirkmichel parish, Isle of Man. The stream rises on Slieu-Ny-Fraughane; and pursues a sinuous course of about 3½ miles north-westward to the sea, in the vicinity of Kirkmichel village. The vale has in its upper part a pretty hamlet, embowered in wood; and enjoys the repute of being the Montpellier of the Isle of Man.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Administrative units: the Isle of Man CrProt
Place: Glen Wyllin

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