Port-Ny-Ding

Port-Ny-Ding

Port-Ny-Ding is an area of open land immediately north-west of Bradda West on the Isle of Man. The closest town is Port Erin. The placename translates from the Manx as "Port of the Heads". [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sn1890/ch3.htm Moore AW. The Surnames & Place-Names of the Isle of Man. 1890. Elliot Stock, London.] ]

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*Geography of the Isle of Man
*List of places in the Isle of Man

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