Manx National Heritage

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Manx National Heritage (in Manx Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin) is the national heritage organisation for the Isle of Man.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Museums 3 Site and field monuments 4 Heritage assets 5 External links

[edit] Overview

Manx National Heritage is responsible for:

• The Manx National Museum Service (which runs twelve museum sites)
• The National Monuments Service (which protects monuments, manages the National Monuments Record and controls archaeological investigations)
• The National Trust Service (Which preserves and protects areas of natural beauty and ecological significance)
• The National Archive
• The National Art Gallery

[edit] Museums

Manx National Heritage runs the following museums:

• Castle Rushen, Castletown
• Cregneash Folk Village, Cregneash
• Gibbs of the Grove, Ramsey
• House of Manannan, Peel
• The Great Laxey Wheel & Mines Trail, Laxey Wheel, Laxey
• Manx Museum, Douglas
• The Nautical Museum, Castletown
• The Old Grammar School, Castletown
• The Old House of Keys, Castletown
• Peel Castle, Peel
• Rushen Abbey, Ballasalla
• Sound Centre, Calf Sound, near Cregneash

[edit] Site and field monuments

The following monuments are under the protection of Manx National Heritage:

• Balladoole
• Cashtal Yn Ard
• Cronk ny Merriu
• Meayll Hill
• St. Michael's Isle
• The Braaid
• The Manx Stone Cross Collection

[edit] Heritage assets

The following properties are under the protection of Manx National Heritage:

• Eary Cushlin & Creggan Mooar
• Killabrega
• Land seaward of the Marine Drive
• Lower Silverdale
• Maughold Head & Brooghs. Gob ny Rona
• The Ayres
• The Curraghs
• The Dhoon and Bulgham Brooghs
• The Sound and the Calf of Man
• Upper Ballaharry

[edit] External links

• Manx National Heritage — Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin
• The Friends of Manx National Heritage