Ballure, Isle of Man
| Ballure | |
| Manx: Rhumsaa | |
  Ballure |
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| Parish | Ramsey |
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| Sheading | Ayre |
| Crown dependency | Isle of Man |
| Post town | ISLE OF MAN |
| Dialling code | 01624 |
| Police | Isle of Man |
| Fire | Isle of Man |
| Ambulance | Isle of Man |
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Coordinates: 54°18′54″N 4°22′26″W / 54.31502°N 4.374004°W
Ballure (Manx: Rhumsaa) is a town that lies a 3/4 mile southeast of Ramsey on the Isle of Man. A stop on the Manx Electric Railway which runs through it is the Ballure Halt (or Ballure Glen) station.
Arthur William Moore reported there was a sighting of the glashtin or Cabbyl-Ushtey, a water-horse of Manx legend at Ballure Glen in 1859[1]
References
- ↑ Moore, Arthur William (1891), "Chapter IV: Hobgoblins, monsters, giants, mermaids, apparitions, &c." (google), The Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man, Douglas: Brown & Son, p. 52-, p.53
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