Name

Tynwald Hill

Description

The heart of Manx governance. Four tiers rising in concentric circles, twelve feet high, eighty across at its base. The grass has never been replanted. According to tradition, soil was carried from every churchyard on the Island — earth from all seventeen parishes, mingled together so the hill embodies the unity of the Manx people. The Manx name Cronk-y-Keeillown uses 'keeill' not 'kirk,' proving the site predates the Norse. The Norse built their assembly at a site the Manx people already considered sacred. Tynwald still meets here every July.

Manx Name / Also Known As

Cronk-y-Keeillown

Location

St John's, Isle of Man

Related To

Prologue, Chapters 2, 7, 18

Type

Constitutional / Sacred Site