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Castle Rushen

Castle Rushen is a medieval castle located in the 's historic capital, , in the south of the Island. It towers over the Market Square to the south-east and the harbour to the north-east.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: medieval castle in Castletown in the south of the Isle of Man
  • Address: Castle Street, Castletown, IM9 1LA
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old House of Keys and Smelt Monument.

Museum
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The is the former meeting place of the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the 's parliament. It is located across the street from Castle Rushen in , the former capital of the Isle of Man, in the south of the island.

Monument
Photo: kevin rothwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a in built to commemorate the life of Cornelius Smelt, the first royally appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, who died in 1832.

Memorial
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hango Hill and Ronaldsway.

Locality
Photo: kevin rothwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an historic mound on the coast road between and , parish, .

Locality
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is a settlement in the parish of in the south of the , between the village of and the town of .

Hamlet
Photo: Kevin Rothwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet near Castletown in the southern parish of , . It is located on the isthmus connecting Langness Peninsula to the rest of the island, on the bay of the same name, and also on Castletown Bay on the other side of the isthmus.

Castle Rushen

Latitude
54.07379° or 54° 4′ 26″ north
Longitude
-4.65287° or 4° 39′ 10″ west
Operator
Manx National Heritage
Open location code
9C6Q38FW+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38301009
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q2967821
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Castle Rushen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rushen gaztelua”
  • Chinese: “拉申城堡”
  • Dutch: “Castle Rushen”
  • French: “Castle Rushen”
  • French: “Château de Rushen”
  • French: “Château-Rushen”
  • German: “Cashtal Rosien”
  • German: “Castle Rushen”
  • Indonesian: “Castle rushen”
  • Indonesian: “Castle Rushen”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Rushen”
  • Japanese: “ルシェン城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castle Rushen”
  • Norwegian: “Castle Rushen”
  • Persian: “قلعه روشن”
  • Polish: “Castle Rushen”
  • Russian: “Замок Рашен”
  • Swedish: “Castle Rushen”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Рашен”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Speaker’s Garden and The Castle Arms Hotel (The Glue Pot).

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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 “Castle Rushen”. Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.