Keppel Gate Panorama
This view is from Keppel Gate, which is part of a former UK Crown Receiver estate including a series of former highway gates is now Common land in public ownership and is one of three purpose built section of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road used for the Isle of Man TT races. The area of Keppel Gate including a nearby private residence of Kate's Cottage at the adjacent 34th TT Milestone road-side marker is located between the 4th Milestone and 5th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parish district of Kirk Onchan in the Isle of Man.
The hill on the left is Colden located near Douglas, Colden has a maximum elevation of 487.0m (1598 feet). In the middle is the 500m (1640 feet) hill Carraghan. To the right is Beinn-y-Phott, is a peak of 546 metres (1,791 feet) about 2 km SW of Snaefell.
Beinn-y-Phott is at the southern end of the parish of Kirk Lezayre. It is skirted by the Mountain Course used for the TT races and is near Brandywell. It is covered by moorland and a detailed dating of its vegetation through the Holocene period has been made — mostly heathers, peat mosses and sedges.
Running in front of the hills runs the Baldwin Valley with Eary Ween Farm at the bottom.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keppel_Gate,_Isle_of_Man
www.themountainguide.co.uk/isle-of-man/colden.htm
www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=3340
Keppel Gate Panorama
This view is from Keppel Gate, which is part of a former UK Crown Receiver estate including a series of former highway gates is now Common land in public ownership and is one of three purpose built section of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road used for the Isle of Man TT races. The area of Keppel Gate including a nearby private residence of Kate's Cottage at the adjacent 34th TT Milestone road-side marker is located between the 4th Milestone and 5th Milestone road-side markers on the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parish district of Kirk Onchan in the Isle of Man.
The hill on the left is Colden located near Douglas, Colden has a maximum elevation of 487.0m (1598 feet). In the middle is the 500m (1640 feet) hill Carraghan. To the right is Beinn-y-Phott, is a peak of 546 metres (1,791 feet) about 2 km SW of Snaefell.
Beinn-y-Phott is at the southern end of the parish of Kirk Lezayre. It is skirted by the Mountain Course used for the TT races and is near Brandywell. It is covered by moorland and a detailed dating of its vegetation through the Holocene period has been made — mostly heathers, peat mosses and sedges.
Running in front of the hills runs the Baldwin Valley with Eary Ween Farm at the bottom.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keppel_Gate,_Isle_of_Man
www.themountainguide.co.uk/isle-of-man/colden.htm
www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=3340