The 'Devils elbow', Isle of Man A tricky bend to negotiate on the Peel to Kirk Michael road.

Devil's Elbow (Manx: Glion Cam or Glen Cam the Winding Glen)[1] is a hairpin bend situated on the primary A4 Peel to Kirk Michael coast road in the Isle of Man parish of German.[2]

The A4 road follows the island's west coast and the Devil's Elbow hairpin intersects Glion Cam, a small wooded glen and former quarry situated between Lower Ballakaighen and Skerrisdale Moar. The former Peel to Ramsey line of the Manx Northern Railway also runs parallel to the coast road from Knocksharry to Glen Wyllin near Kirk Michael at this point. This includes the nearby Gob-y-Deigan or the Donkey Bank and a further railway embankment at Lady Port on the western-edge of Glen Cam which is 70 ft high formed of 50,000 cubic yards of excavated material from a nearby railway cutting.[3]

The Devil's Elbow was part of the Short Highland Course as part of the Peel Loop used for Tourist Trophy car races held between 1905 and 1907.[4] It was part of the 15-mile 1,470 yard St. John's Short Course used for motorcycle racing in the Isle of Man TT races between 1907 and 1910, situated at the 9th milestone, 416 ft above sea level.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Place Names of the Isle of Man by John Kneen MA pp395 (1970) Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh The Scolar Press
  2. ↑ An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Isle of Man by David T.Webber Revised by Frank Cowin and F.J.Radcliffe pp 59 (1997) The Manx Experience ISBN 1-873120-25-7
  3. ↑ The British Narrow Gauge Railway No 2c - The Isle of Man Railway Volume III An Outline History of the Isle of Man Railway by James I.C.Boyde p54 (1996) (1st Edition) The Oakwood Press ISBN 978-0-85361-479-1
  4. ↑ TT Pioneers - Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man pp 22 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996) (1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press ISBN 1-873120-61-3
  5. ↑ Official Programme - International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy 28 May 1907 pp5-6 The Auto-Cycle Club. Reproduction (2007) Isle of Man Post

54°15′20″N 4°37′32″W / 54.25556°N 4.62556°W / 54.25556; -4.62556


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.