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The Silver Burn or Silverburn River (Manx: ''Awin Rosien'') is a small river, about long, on the
The Silver Burn or Silverburn River (Manx: ''Awin Rosien'') is a small river, about long, on the Isle of Man
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which rises near the South Barrule and flows south. It passes St Mark's and in its lower reaches it flows under the Monks' Bridge at Ballasalla
Ballasalla () is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man. The village is situated close to the Isle of Man Airport and north-east of the town of Castletown.
History
Ballasalla grew up around nearby Rushen Abb ...
, and reaches the sea at Castletown harbour. Just above Ballasalla, the burn runs through wooded Silverdale Glen, a site which the Manx National Trust acquired in 1966.
The section from the A3 south to the A7 in Ballasalla makes up the Silverdale Conservation Area Silverdale may refer to:
Place names
;Australia
* Silverdale, New South Wales
* Silverdale, Queensland
;Canada
* Silverdale, British Columbia
;India
* Silverdale, Coonoor
;New Zealand
* Silverdale, Auckland
* Silverdale, Hamilton
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, one of Isle of Man's historic districts, and includes Silverdale Glen Cafe, Monk's Bridge, and Rushen Abbey
Rushen Abbey is a former abbey on the Isle of Man, located in Ballasalla. Originally home for monks of the Savignac order, it soon came under Cistercian control and remained so until its dissolution. The abbey is located from Castle Rushen, t ...
's ruins. (map)
The Silver Burn is joined by the Awin Ruy, a small left-bank tributary, immediately north of Ballasalla.''Isle of Man: Public rights of way and Outdoor Leisure map (South sheet)'' (7th edn) 1995, Dept. of Local Government and the Environment, Between Ballasalla and Castletown, the Isle of Man Railway runs parallel and close to the river, and the southernmost part of the Millennium Way also follows the river here.
References
See also
* List of rivers of the Isle of Man {{coord, 54.0730, -4.6501, type:river_region:IM, format=dms, display=title Rivers of the Isle of Man