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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: Lucerne Cottage, Dog Mills-Why that name

there was in mid 19th C a bone-crushing mill here (use for manure) - though all refs take the name back earlier to Mwyllen Moddey (mill of the dog) - same name as in Cronk y voddy (hill of the dog) where it is shought the shape of the hill was the basis