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Ballure, Isle of Man

Coordinates: 54°18′54″N 4°22′26″W / 54.31502°N 4.374004°W / 54.31502; -4.374004
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Ballure
Looking south along Ballure Road to Ballure Halt
Ballure is located in Isle of Man
Ballure
Ballure
Location within the Isle of Man
ParishMaughold
SheadingGarff
Crown dependencyIsle of Man
Post townISLE OF MAN
Dialling code01624
PoliceIsle of Man
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List of places
Isle of Man
54°18′54″N 4°22′26″W / 54.31502°N 4.374004°W / 54.31502; -4.374004

Ballure is a small hamlet about 0.75 mile southeast of Ramsey on the Isle of Man. A stop on the Manx Electric Railway which runs through it is the Ballure Halt (or Ballure Glen) station. The latter lies just to the south of the boundary of Ramsey, and thus lies in the ward (and traditional parish) of Maughold within the current administrative parish (and traditional sheading) of Garff.

Legend

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Arthur William Moore reported that there was a sighting of the glashtin or Cabbyl-Ushtey, a water-horse of Manx legend at Ballure Glen in 1859.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Moore, Arthur William (1891), "Chapter IV: Hobgoblins, monsters, giants, mermaids, apparitions, &c." (google), The Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man, Douglas: Brown & Son, p. 52-, p.53