Niarbyl, Isle of Man
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250px, View to the south across Niarbyl Bay of the southwest coastline of the Isle of Man and Calf of Man. Niarbyl ( glv, Yn Arbyl), meaning "the tail" in Manx for the way it extends into the Irish Sea, is a rocky promontory on the southwest coast of the
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between
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 ...
and Peel. It is best known for its spectacular sea views which include the
Calf of Man Calf of Man ( gv, Yn Cholloo ) is a island, off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound. Like the nearby rocky islets of Chicken Rock and Kitterland, it is ...
and, on clear days, the mountains of
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. Its access road branches from the A27 road at Dalby. Niarbyl Bay and its surrounds are considered an asset of the
Manx National Heritage Manx National Heritage ( gv, Eiraght Ashoonagh Vannin) is the national heritage organisation for the Isle of Man. The organisation manages a significant proportion of the island’s physical heritage assets including over 3,000 acres of coastlin ...
, which oversees the area's preservation as well as the Niarbyl Cafe & Visitor Centre. One of the fishermen's cottages here was used as Ned Devine's cottage in the 1998 film '' Waking Ned''. In 1968, the same cottage had been used in Nigel Kneale's television adaptation of his book, ''
The Year of the Sex Olympics ''The Year of the Sex Olympics'' is a 1968 television play made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 as part of ''Theatre 625''. It stars Leonard Rossiter, Tony Vogel, Suzanne Neve and Brian Cox, and was directed by Michael Elliott. The wr ...
''. The Niarbyl Fault, a geological fault marking what remains of the former Iapetus Ocean, is located just down the hill from the cafe.


See also

* Dalby *
Caledonian orogeny The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building era recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Mountains, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe. The Caledonian orogeny encompasses events that ...
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Iapetus Suture The Iapetus Suture is one of several major Fault (geology), geological faults caused by the collision of several ancient land masses forming a suture (geology), suture. It represents in part the remains of what was once the Iapetus Ocean. Iapet ...


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VR360 tour of Niarbyl from the restaurant.
Populated places in the Isle of Man {{IsleofMan-geo-stub