Glen Wyllin

Looking up the glen

Looking down towards the beach - the path led down from Kirk Michael station.

Mill Dale - the lower section was once known as known as Bordall or Borodal and was the presumed site of Bordal Mill. The 1868 O/S map (pre Railway and viaduct) shows the corn mill at the end, as well as the large flat area ideal for tennis courts etc.

From the O/S sheet VII.7 surveyed in 1868 predating the railway

It was a very popular destination for Sunday School outings - helped no doubt by its Methodist developer who did not serve alcohol.

The corn mill at the end of the glen, shown below in the detail from a sketch, possibly by Joseph Coleman, in the late 19th Century, ceased operation on the early 1930s - the sea now comes up as far as the brow at the top of field 560 and no trace of the mill survives.

Glen Wyllin Mill c. 1890

It was sold to the IoM Railway Co in 1935 - it now operated as a camp site for summer visitors.