Ballacraine

Ballacraine
Ballacraine is located in Isle of Man
Ballacraine
Location of Ballacraine in Isle of Man
Coordinates54°12′9.8″N 4°37′44.7″W / 54.202722°N 4.629083°W / 54.202722; -4.629083

Ballacraine (Manx: [baləˈkʰɾɛːn], "McCrayne" or "Craine's farm"; archaic Ballagarraghan Beg)[1] is a site on the Isle of Man TT course, located between the 7th and 8th milestones of the track. It is at the junction of the A1 Douglas to Peel and A3 Castletown to Ramsey primary roads in the parish of German. It is now at the east end of the ribbon development of St. John's village. At the junction is the former public house, the Ballacraine Inn, now a private residence.

  1. ^ Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Vol.1. Sheading of Glenfaba (Kirk Patrick, Kirk German, and Peel.) page 180 -182 Kirk German by George Broderick (1999) Manx Place-Name Survey, © Max Niemeyer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Tübingen 1994 ISBN 3-484-40138-9 (combined work); ISBN 3-484-40129-X (Vol. 1) Printed and bound by: Das Weihert-Druck GmbH, Darmstadt