"Turnwake, with figures at base of flagpole" - is Tynwald Hill, Isle of Man
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Where: Isle of Man, United Kingdom
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When: 01 January 1890
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The Turnwake it says! As if that is enough in itself to describe and locate a circular mound with a flagpole in its centre. Well, I must admit that I never heard of it before nor did I ever see an image of it before so I will await with bated breath to discover what have I been missing!
Signed, A Cranky, (Morning Mary)
O Mac quite quickly identified this as the mound of Tynwald Hill at St Johns, the Isle of Man. Similar to Dublin's "Thingmount" (that we'd discussed in recent months), the hill's mound was an ancient Norse/Viking meeting place (part parliament, part court) - and the island's legislature still sits ceremonially at the spot annually in early July.
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: ca. 1890-1910
NLI Ref: M50/9
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Signed, A Cranky, (Morning Mary)
O Mac quite quickly identified this as the mound of Tynwald Hill at St Johns, the Isle of Man. Similar to Dublin's "Thingmount" (that we'd discussed in recent months), the hill's mound was an ancient Norse/Viking meeting place (part parliament, part court) - and the island's legislature still sits ceremonially at the spot annually in early July.
Collection: Mason Photographic Collection
Date: ca. 1890-1910
NLI Ref: M50/9
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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DannyM8
What has you Cranky?
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It's Friday and I don't get to post again until Monday:-)
O Mac
Should be Tynwald - founded by the Vikings on the Isle of Man. Oldest parliament in the world.....they say! www.flickr.com/photos/sasha_furlani/14294809914/in/photol... Streetview www.visitisleofman.com/placestovisit/heritage/tynwaldhill...
DannyM8
Is this the same place from the Catalogue? Four girl figures sit upon mound at base of flagpole, near church
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] yes Danny, here is a streetview including the Royal Chapel of Saint John the Baptists in the background.
Carol Maddock
Lads! Huge news! Notes are back, and all our old notes are still there... :) They even used one of our photos in the announcement!
Niall McAuley
Related to the long-gone Thingmount in Dublin:
DannyM8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] You are miles behind - keep up!!
Carol Maddock
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] What?! Nobody ever tells me anything! :( When did it happen?
DannyM8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] It must be 2 or 3 days!!!
Carol Maddock
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Ah, haven't been around much this week. But even if it's old news, it's brilliant news!
DannyM8
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Strongly Agree.
Niall McAuley
The Notes announcement was Posted at 8:37PM, 7 June 2016 BST. One of the Mary's noticed yesterday. I noticed an update to Stig Nygaaard's greasemonkey script (which I was using to jimmy my browser to read and write notes) on the 8th - yesterday I realized Stig must have been reacting to the return of "official" notes.
Carol Maddock
Sure I was never able to keep up with you lot anyway! :)
Niall McAuley
The Dublin Thingmount was 40 feet high, 3 times this size, which we could have bragged about if it had not been taken away and used as landfill to raise Nassau Street to its current level in the 17th century.
Niall McAuley
Previously, on the Isle of man:
Niall McAuley
Tynwald comes from the same root as Þingvellir in Iceland, meaning Thing Fields, and Tingwall, Dingwall Tingvoll and Thingwall occur in Shetland, Norway, Scotland and the North of England. Hustings, as in elections, come from the same root as Tyn here (and Thing in Dublin). Hus is house, and Ting is the Parliament or People.
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Excellent stuff as usual all - I've tried to capture the main points in the summary, tags, etc. Have a great weekend! (A less cranky Evening Mary.... :) )
Dr. Ilia
Intriguing
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Super.
O Mac
The wee house on the right can be seen,center. in this 1890's photograph beside the old Tynwald Inn but not in this 1905 postcard where the present Tynwald Inn has since replaced it--- which would suggest Mason's photograph was taken pre 1905. Streeview of Tynwald Inn
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