Barregarrow ( gv, Bayr Garroo ) is a district located between the 13th milestone and 14th milestones on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey road including the area of the Barregarrow cross-road junction and the C4 Ballaleigh Road and B10 Sartfield (Brandywell) or former Barregarrow mountain gate road in the parish of Kirk Michael in the

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Description

The area of Bayr Garrow or ‘Barrowgarrow’ is a former area of mountain commons or ‘rough’ pasture situated on a series of ridge-lines formed by a post-glacial lake ( gv, Creggan Jeebylt) opposite to Cronk Urleigh that drained via the Ballaleigh valley, westwards into the river of Glen Mooar on the A4 Peel to Kirk Michael road. The mountain grazing land of Sartfell Park is located on the western side of the nearby Sartfell mountain and Barrowgarrow crossroads.

Bayr Garroo Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

The Barregarrow Methodist Chapel was visited by

John Wesley John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...

in June 1781 and he wrote in his journal;

Motor-sport heritage

The ''Barrowgarrow'' section of A3 Castletown to Ramsey was part of the 37.50 Mile

Four Inch Course The Four Inch Course was a road-racing circuit first used for the 1908 Tourist Trophy Race for cars, held on public roads closed for racing by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The name of the course derives from the regu ...

for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922. In

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the

Isle of Man TT The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world ...

motorcycle races. This included the ‘Barrowgarrow’ section and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile

Isle of Man TT Mountain Course The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or ''TT Course'' is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle ''TT Course'' is used principally for the Isle of Man TT Races and also the sep ...

which has been used since 1911 for the

Races and from 1923 for the

Manx Grand Prix The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or 'Snaefell Mountain Course, Mountain Circuit') every year for a two-week period, usually spanning the end of August and early September. New for 2022 is a period re ...

races. The C4 Ballaleigh Road with its junction with the A3 Castletown to Ramsey road at the Barregarrow cross-roads has been used as part of a special timed stages for the

Rally Isle of Man Rally Isle of Man (previously the ''Manx International Rally'' and formerly the ''Manx Trophy Rally'') is a car rally competition held in the Isle of Man. It was first held in 1963, and later became a well-known event in the British Open Rally ...

, the former Manx International Rally and the Manx National Rally events.''Statutory Document'' No 120 /94 Road Races Act MANX NATIONAL RALLY ORDER 1994 Coming into Operation: 14 May 1994 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, PORTS AND PROPERTIES (1994) “ 2 & 9 BARREGARROW, LHERGYDHOO, ST JOHNS 9.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and 1.35 p.m. – 5.05 p.m. The C4 Ballaleigh Road from its junction with the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road at Barregarrow to its junction with the A4 Peel to Kirk Michael Coast Road at Ballagawne…."

Gallery

File:Barregarrow TT riders approaching the crossroads.jpg, TT riders on the slight descent from the top of Barregarrow approaching the crossroads File:Barregarrow Isle of Man chapel after crossroads.jpg, TT rider

Mick Grant Mick Grant (born 10 July 1944) is an English former professional motorcycle road racer and TT rider. A works-supported rider for Norton, Kawasaki, Honda and Suzuki, he is a seven-time winner of the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race on various m ...

just after the crossroads passing the chapel on his descent of the hill during the Formula 1 TT in 1985

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Barregarrow Barregarrow ( gv, Bayr Garroo ) is a district located between the 13th milestone and 14th milestones on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey road including the area of the Barregarrow cross-road junction and the C4 Ballaleigh Road and B10 Sartfield (Bran ...