Slieu Whallan

About two miles from Peel, opposite to the Tynwald Mount, lies a hill called Sliue Whallan, which is said to be haunted by the spirit of a murdered witch. She does not appear to mortal eyes, but every night joins her lamentations to the howling winds. She is said to have been put into a barrel with sharp iron spikes inserted round the interior, pointing inwards, and rolled from the top of the hill to the bottom.

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References

Source

  • Train, J. (1845). An historical and statistical account of the Isle of Man, from the earliest times to the present date. Vol. 2. Douglas: Mary A. Quiggin, p. 167.