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Isle of Man
Marown

Braaid

Braaid is a hamlet in the parish of on the , about 6 km west of the capital . It is best known for the nearby ancient settlement of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Braaid and Old St Runius.

Archaeological site
Photo: Gregory J Kingsley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Iron Age roundhouse and two Norse long houses on this site represent its occupation until the 11th or 12th century AD in the parish of in the .

Church
Photo: Manx James, CC0.
St Runius, Marown dates to the 12th century and was the of until 1853. Today it only holds services for special occasions.

Ballagarey is located between the third and fourth milemarkers used for recognition of the Snaefell Mountain Course road-racing circuit on the primary A1 to road, in the parish of in the . is situated 2½ km northeast of Braaid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtown and Glen Vine.

Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community within the parish of , . To the northern part of the community lies Mount Murray and to the north-west the Broogh Fort - an Iron Age fort dating from the 13th century. is situated 2½ km south of Braaid.

Village
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the in the parish of . It is on the Isle of Man TT course four miles by road from Douglas. The Church of England parish church for Marown is St Runius church in . is situated 3 km northeast of Braaid.

Hamlet
, historically Santan, is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the . It is located in the south-east of the island in the sheading of Middle. Settlements in the parish include . is situated 3½ km south of Braaid.

Braaid

Latitude
54.15473° or 54° 9′ 17″ north
Longitude
-4.5736° or 4° 34′ 25″ west
Open location code
9C6Q5C3G+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 283490552
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q3756667
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Portuguese—“Braaid” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Braaid”
  • Chinese: “畢拉德”
  • Dutch: “Braaid”
  • French: “Braaid”
  • Irish: “An Bhráid”
  • Irish: “Yn Braaid”
  • Manx: “Yn Braaid”
  • Portuguese: “Braaid”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Slieau Chiarn and The Mount.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Braaid”. Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.