North Barrule

North Barrule
Baarool Twoaie
North Barrule from the east
Highest point
Elevation561.4 m (1,842 ft)
Coordinates54°16′48″N 4°24′11″W / 54.28°N 4.403°W / 54.28; -4.403
Geography
Map
CountryIsle of Man
Crown dependencyIsle of Man

North Barrule (Manx: Baarool Twoaie [bǝˈɾǝuil]; Old Norse: varŏa-fjall)[1] is the second highest peak in the Isle of Man at 565 metres (1,854 ft).[2] From the summit the northern plain of the Isle of Man can be viewed along with the coastlines of Ireland, Cumbria, Wales and Scotland.[3]

North Barrule is located at OS grid reference SC442909 and forms the north-eastern end of a ridge. It forms the boundary between the parishes of Lezayre and Maughold.

  1. ^ Place Names of The Isle of Man – Da Ny Manninee Dooie Volume Three. Sheading of Ayre (Kirk Andreas, Kirk Bride and Kirk Christ Lezayre) page 305-306 Kirk Christ Lezayre by George Broderick – Tübingen; Niemeyer NE:HST (1997) Manx Place- Name Survey, Max Niemeyer Verlag Tubingen ISBN 3-484-40138-9 (Gesamtwerk) 3-484-40131-1 (Band 3) Druck: Weihert-Druck GmbH Darmstadt Einband: Siegfried Geiger, Ammerbuch. "Barrule, hill feature; Name ct. SC49SW SC44300994"
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey Landranger map no. 95
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]