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Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Thursday, 21 May 2020 Page Views: 1575

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Patrick’s Isle and Monk's Tower Alternative Name: Peel Castle Tower
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man Island: Isle of Man Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Peel
Latitude: 54.225705N Longitude: 4.698554W
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2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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**St Patrick’s Isle and Monk's Tower** submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : This is a Picture of the Monks Tower next to the Medieval Garrison Barracks. The Barracks were built much later in Medieval Times shortly after the Fortress Walls were built. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tthe Monk's Tower was one of the first structures built on St.Patrick's Isle which overlooks the town of Peel on the Isle of Man. It was built by Christian monks who needed a place to safe guard their valuables against Viking Invaders. The entrance door was made about 20 feet high. It was built that way so that if there were any Vikings attacks, the Monks would climb a ladder and then pull up the ladder.

As far as I recall from my 2006 Tour of the Peel Castle, the Tower was built in around the 1100s.

St Patrick’s Isle began as a religious settlement when Irish monks arrived here around 500AD and founded a Monastery. It has been a burial site since the C7th. The first buildings would have been made of wood but were later replaced by stone. There is evidence of Iron Age timber dwellings from 600BC.

Also on the isle is St German’s cathedral built 1240. Later the church buildings were requisitioned by the military and used as a fortress, which was much extended and added to. By the late 1840s, the curtain wall was in a perilous state, the castle was no longer needed for defensive purposes and abandoned.
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