Brandywell, Isle of Man ()Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Two. Sheading of Michael: (Kirk Michael, Ballaugh and Jurby) page 55 Kirk Michael by George Broderick – Turbingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1995) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Verlag Tubingen (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40130-3 (Band 2) Druck und Eiband: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt. "Chibbyr y punch (on Slieau Maggle) AM/C SC38NW SC34728650"). or ()Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Two. Sheading of Michael: (Kirk Michael, Ballaugh and Jurby) page 55 Kirk Michael by George Broderick – Turbingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1995) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Verlag Tubingen (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40130-3 (Band 2) Druck und Eiband: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt "Chibber slew ne Magerell LCB 1704. ‘Slieau Maggle well.' " is an area of Mountain Lands of heath moorlandManx Uplands and Steering Group – Issues and Opportunities (1:200,000) page 44, 53–56 & Map page 54 Scale 1:200,000 (April 2014) Isle of Man Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rheynn Chymmyltaght, Bee as Eirinys (DEFRA)A New History of the Isle of Man Volume 1 – The evolution of the Natural Landscape pages 317, 346 & 391 Edited by Richard Chiverall and Geoffery Thomas(2006) Liverpool University Press and coniferous woodland plantations situated in the Northern Upland MassifManx Uplands and Steering Group – Issues and Opportunities page 4 & map page 13, (Scale 1:200,000) page 43, 53–54 (April 2014) Isle of Man Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Rheynn Chymmyltaght, Bee as Eirinys (DEFRA) – "Defining the Manx Uplands....all areas of ‘AML’ defined land("Above the mountain line", 250m above sea level), all land above 200m.... all areas of heathland, woodland and water catchment contiguous with the 200m contour." in the parish of Kirk Michael in the Isle of Man. The area was previously used by local shepherds due to a local stream and a nearby former venerated water well which was known for its distinctive quality and "brandy" colour of the water.Ramsey Courier page 6 Friday 7 October 1960
Location and description The area of Brandywell is open moorland situated in the Northern Uplands of the Isle of Man including the commons grazing land of Slieau-ny-Maggle Intack (archaic North Park)Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Two. Sheading of Michael: (Kirk Michael, Ballaugh and Jurby) page 98 Kirk Michael by George Broderick – Turbingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1995) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Verlag Tubingen (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40130-3 (Band 2) Druck und Eiband: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt. Slieau Maggle ONB1956 SC38NW and Injerbreck Hill close to the private residence of ‘Brandywell Cottage’A Gazetteer of the Isle of Man page 61 Leslie Qulliam RBV The Manx Heritage Foundation - Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin (2005) Quine and Cubbon Ltd a former Mountain Shepherd's Cottage.Manx Independent – Manninagh Seyr page 23 Thursday 13 October 2016 Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd (2016) Tindle Press Publishing ISSN 1358-4391 Newsprint (Knowsley) LtdMona’s Herald page 5 Murder in Lonely Farmhouse Wednesday 15 October 1930 "Brandywell Cottage was found to be empty, marks were made so that if anyone enters the cottage the police will be able to tell of the visit. All the searches are armed."
The area of Brandywell includes the secondary B10 Beinn-y-Phott Road, the B25 West Baldwin Road, B10 Brandywell / Sartfell Road with the junction with the B26 Ballaugh Glen (Druidale) Road at ‘Brandywell Cottage.’ The area is dominated by the nearby Snaefell Mountain with an elevation of above sea level and the nearby summits of Beinn-y-Phott , Sartfell , Slieau Maggle and nearby Injerbreck Hill . The Sulby river has its source here, which flows into the nearby Sulby Reservoir (capacity 4,837 million litres), built in 1983.Strategic Business Plan 1999 to 2009 and beyond - Part 1 Executive Summary page 13 4.1 Impounding Reservoirs - Isle of Man Water Authority Lught-Reill Ushtey Ellan Vannin January 1999
Area of Specific Scientific Interest The mountain moorland of the Beinn-y-Phot uplands including Brandywell, Injebreck Hill, Slieau Maggle mountain and part of Druidale adjacent to the Sulby reservoir is an Area of Specific Scientific Interest (ASSI) and upland conservation "hot-spot."Guidelines for the selection of biological Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs) on the Isle of Man Volume 2: Detailed habitat and species criteria page 108 The Isle of Man Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (2008) (DAFF) The area of Brandywell and the adjacent Brandywell junction with A18 Snaefell Mountain Road, the Beinn-y-Phott uplands, Snaefell, Mullagh Ouhr and Clagh Ouhr mountains is the largest continuous area of grassland moorland of found on the Isle of Man.Isle of Man Ecological Habit Survey Phase 1 1991-1994 final report 1996 4.2.2 Acid grassland page 22 T. Sayle MSc, J. Lamb MSc, A. Colvin BSc, B. Harris BSc Isle of Man Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Rheynn Eirinys, Eeastaght as Keylljyn (DAFF) 1995
Origin of Name The name Brandywell originates from a nearby water-well.Jenkinson’s Practical Guide to the Isle of Man page 119 by Henry Irwin Jenkinson (1874) Edward Stanford, London.Manx Sun page 24 Local News Saturday 22 September 1888 "After toiling up Injebreck Hill, noticing on the way the old well, Slieu Maggie, and wondering who had inhabited the defunct cottage on the brow of the hill...." For the adjacent property of ‘Brandywell Cottage,’ the publication, A Gazetteer of the Isle of Man writes about a local story:
Brandywell in the parish of Kirk Michael was also a place where local mountain shepherds would gather to celebrate Forester's DayPlace Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Two. Sheading of Michael: (Kirk Michael, Ballaugh and Jurby) page 55 Kirk Michael by George Broderick – Turbingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1995) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Verlag Tubingen (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40130-3 (Band 2) Druck und Eiband: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt. "Chibber y phunch....On the Forester’s Day (?) the shepherds were wont to gather here, and one or two enterprising individuals would dispense hot punch at a remunerative figure...."). and to brand and sort flocks of mountain sheep including the castration of male lambs.Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Two. Sheading of Michael: (Kirk Michael, Ballaugh and Jurby) page 98 Kirk Michael by George Broderick – Turbingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1995) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Verlag Tubingen (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40130-3 (Band 2) Druck und Eiband: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt. "Slieau Maggle....Here, according to OT sheep were brought for castration..."An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Isle of Man page 24 by David T. Webber Revised by Frank Cowin and F.J.Radcliffe;- Editor Gordon N. Kniveton (1997) The Manx Experience "The mountain road junction by Injebreck Hill, named after a well in the vicinity where shepherds used to gather for the sorting and branding of their mountain sheep."
The Manx name Chibbyr Slieau Maggle or Chibber slew ne Magerell means "the well at the mountain of testicles", referring to the castration of sheep at this location.
Brandywell Corner, A18 Snaefell Mountain Road
The Brandywell Corner, previously the 'Mountain Gate,'Round the TT Course with Harold Daniell R.R. Holliday Motor Cycling (c1947) Castrol Oils That Lap at 91! Harold L.Daniell, TT Record Holder. Tells How it was done. Iron Gate,TT Pioneers – Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man page 27 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996) ( 1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press ISBN No 1 873120 61 3 or 'Brandywell Gate'Isle of Man Times page 1 Friday 1 June 1956 is the site of a former parish boundary marker cairn and gates for the Crown Commons land of Beinn-y-Phott mountain. It is located between the 6th Milestone and 7th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road and with the road junction with the secondary B10 Beinn-y-Phott road or Brandywell Road in the parish of Kirk Lonan with the adjoining boundary-line for the parishes of Kirk Braddan and Christ Kirk Lezayre in the Isle of Man.Place Names of the Isle of Man by John J. Kneen MA (1970) Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh The Scolar Press – page 173-175 and Map Kirk Braddan page 199, page 209-210 and Map Kirk Onchan page 238, pages 241–242 and Map Kirk Lonan page 271 and pages 202–203 Sheading of Garff page The Brandywell Road junction with the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road is the site of an Isle of Man TT Marshal communication shelter.Isle of Man Examiner page 4 9 September 2008
The publication, A Gazetteer of the Isle of Man writes:
A18 Snaefell Mountain Road The A18 Snaefell Mountain Road was developed in the mid-nineteenth century from a number of pre-existing roads, carting-tracks and horse-paths.Isle of Man Examiner page 5 Thursday 5 June 1969 This included installation of a number of sheep-gates including the Beinn-y-Phott sheep-gate near the Brandywell Corner road junction.Isle of Man Examiner page 4 9 December 1925 "MOTOR-CYCLE RELIABILITY RUN - The proposed course is via Anxfell, Laxey....Ramsey, Sulby, Tholty-y-Will, Bungalow and then to Nobles Gate and turn right to Brandywell over Injebreck Mountain...." This section of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road from the Keppel Gate northwards to (North Barrule) was built following a recommendation in a report to Tynwald made by the Disafforesting Commission of 1860. The A18 road was built on crown commoners grazing land that transferred to the UK Crown following the sale of the Islands feudal rights by John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl in 1824.Manx Milestones pages 13–17 and pages 57–58 by Stuart Slack (1st Edition)(2003)The Manx Experience
The Brandywell Corner was subject to road widening with the removal of the Beinn-y-Phott sheep-gate on the A18 Mountain Road for the 1935 Isle of Man TT Races.Isle of Man Weekly Times dated 25 May 1935
Via Regia footpath and the Millennium Way The footpath at Brandywell Corner is an ancient ridge-way or pathway part of the Via Regia (Royal Way)Ramsey Courier page 6 The Old Manx Roads Friday 6 October 1961 of the Kings of Mann and now part of the Isle of Man Millennium Way public footpath.The Isle of Man by Train, Tram and by Foot page 118 by Stan Basnett (1990) Lily Publications Walk 22 - Millennium Way Ancient ridgeway Cronica - Regum Mannie et Insulaum.
Motor-sport heritage The Iron Gate section of A18 Snaefell Mountain Road near to the Brandywell road junction was part of the 52.15 mile Highland Course (revised to 40.38 miles in 1906)TT Pioneers – Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man page 22 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996)(1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press ISBN No 1 873120 61 3 used for automobile racing including the 1904 Gordon Bennett Trial and the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held between 1905 and 1907. The course was modified again in 1908 as the 37.50 Mile Four Inch Course for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922.The Manx Experience. A Souvenir Guide to the Isle of Man. page 66-67 Gordon N. Kniverton, 8th edition, The Manx Experience (1987) Mannin Publishing Ltd
In 1911 the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. This included the revised Brandywell Corner and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course which has been used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT Races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.The History of the Manx Grand Prix page 7, 8, 9 by Bill Snelling Amulree Publishing(1998) Manx Heritage Foundation
Brandywell Cottage and Brandywell Jumps