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St Michael's Chapel/Keill Michael
St Michael's Chapel is a Celtic-Norse twelfth century chapel built on the site of an earlier Celtic Keill. The remains of the chapel are located on the south of St Michael's Isle/Ellan Noo Mael. The island is connected to Langness Peninsula by a causeway. Langness/Langlish gets it's name from the Old Norse name Langness meaning long promontory. There is evidence of human activity on St Michael's Isle from the Mesolithic period. It was also the site of two significant battles between the English, Scottish and Manx for control of the island.
The island is located east from Hango Hill then taking the minor road south onto Langness towards St Michaels Island that is reached by a narrow causeway that can be driven across.
Photos of St Michael's Chapel/Keill Michael
St Michael's Chapel in modern culture
St Michael's Chaptel/Keill Michael is featured in this video of the song "Manannan", which is the first track from the album "Slipway" by the Manx Band Skeeal. They are a Celtic band from the Isle of Man. You can learn more about the Celtic god Manannon at House of Manannon. Read about the legend of Fand and her relationship with Manannan at Celtic yarns.