The Skoryn

The Skoryn is a peak in , . The Skoryn is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gob-ny-Geay and Cloven Stones.

is situated at the 35th Milestone on the Snaefell Mountain Course on the primary A18 Mountain Road in the parish of Onchan in the .

Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Photo: Lobster1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is built into the hillside above the village of in the . It is the largest surviving original working waterwheel in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laxey and Onchan.

Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small and very touristy village on the - its Great Wheel is an icon of the island. Laksaa in Manx means salmon, like the modern Scandinavian and German words, and the river descending steeply from Snaefell has a run of salmon.

Town
Photo: KGGucwa, CC BY 3.0.
is a large village in the parish of on the . It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after , with which it forms a conurbation.

Locality
, Isle of Man is part of a former HM Commissioners of Woods and Forest estate, including a series of former highway mountain gates. It is now Common land in public ownership and is one of three purpose built former Crown Road sections of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road used for the Isle of Man TT races.

The Skoryn

Latitude
54.2155° or 54° 12′ 56″ north
Longitude
-4.4527° or 4° 27′ 10″ west
Open location code
9C6Q6G8W+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 475393170
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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