Bradda Hill (
Manx: Cronk Vradda) is a headland some north of the village of
Port Erin
Port Erin ( gv, Purt Çhiarn, meaning ''lord's port'') is a seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of Rushen. It was previously a seaside resort before the decline of the tourist trade. Administratively it ...
on the
Isle of Man
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. It is not to be confused with
Bradda Head
Bradda Head is a rugged headland in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the British Isles, rising to a height of . It shelters Port Erin Bay from the north.
There is a clifftop walk, the Coronation Footpath, up to the head and around the hea ...
which is about to the SW.
The path to the summit from
Bradda West is part of the
Raad ny Foillan
' ( en, The Way of the Gull) is a coastal long distance footpath in the Isle of Man. Because it is a closed loop around the coast, it can be walked in either a clockwise or an anti-clockwise direction.
Route and history
The ' starts and finishe ...
, the Isle of Man Coast
long distance footpath
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-country skiing. They exist on all continents exc ...
. Cliffs drop from the summit down to the sea. It shelters
Fleshwick Bay from the west. A
gorse
''Ulex'' (commonly known as gorse, furze, or whin) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about 20 species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are n ...
fire in October 2003 took two days to control, five days to die, and scarred Bradda Hill and other headlands around Fleshwick.
References
Isle of Man Guidestory about the fire
Marilyns of the Isle of Man
Mountains and hills of the Isle of Man
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