11th Milestone, Isle of Man

October 2020 February 2018 __NOTOC__ 11th Milestone 025 11thmilestone.jpg The tall 'James Garrow' style metal milestone on the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road at 'Drinkwater's Bend.' 1835–1850 54 14 43 N 4 35 48 W inline,title Isle of Man The 11th Milestone, Isle of ManThe Guardian page 4 Saturday 17 June 1961 (Drinkwater's Bend)Manx Independent – Manninagh Seyr page 64 Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd (2019) Tindle Newspaper Group – Newsprint (Knowsley) Limited  – Thursday 30 May 2019 ISSN 1358-4391 is situated adjacent to the 13th Milestone on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road which forms the boundary between the parishes of Kirk German and Kirk Michael in the Isle of Man. History The area is dominated by the Ballamenagh and Shoughlaige-e-Caine farmland. During the 1830s, the primary A3 Road Castletown to Ramsey was re-profiled between gv Cronk-y-Voddy and Handley's Corner by the local parochial highway surveyor under the former Isle of Man parish board system. This was to avoid marshland and steep inclines creating the distinctive elongated S-bend.Manx Milestones page 33 Stuart Slack (1st Edition)(2003) The Manx Experience 1-873120-58-3 The original stone 11th milestone on the A3 road was sited at the corner café at Glen Helen. An iron milestoneManx Milestones pages 56 & 57 Stuart Slack (1st Edition)(2003)The Manx Experience 1-873120-58-3 from the 1860s during the period of James Garrow as Isle of Man Surveyor-GeneralIsle of Man Examiner page 9 Saturday 3 May 1913 is now situated at the northerly end of the former 'Drinkwater's Bend' as the 13th Milestone on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road.1870 Isle of Man Survey – Ordnance Survey Map Grid Ref 230872 The current site of the 11th marker post or 11th Milestone road marker for the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course has been placed at Cronk Bane Farmhouse on the Cronk-y-Voddy straight. Motor-sport heritage The distinctive elongated S-bend corner of the 11th Milestone section of the A3 Castletown to Ramsey road became part of the 37.50 Mile Four Inch Course for the RAC Tourist Trophy automobile races held in the Isle of Man between 1908 and 1922.TT Pioneers – Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man page 22 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996) (1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press ISBN No 1 873120 61 3 In 1911, the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the Isle of Man TT motor-cycle races.Green Final page 8 TOURIST TROPHY RACES 1962 Saturday 5 May 1952 "4- From the 11th Milestone to and including Alpine Cottage, Ballaugh" This included the 11th Milestone and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile (60.70 km) Isle of Man TT Mountain Course which has been used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT Races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.Ramsey Courier page 1 PUBLIC NOTICES Friday 12 August 1960 "Manx Grand Prix Races 1960 (3)-From Greeba Bridge to and including the 11th Milestone"The History of the Manx Grand Prix page 7, 8, 9 by Bill Snelling Amulree Publishing(1998) Manx Heritage Foundation 1 901508 04 8 Drinkwater's Bend During the 1949 350 cc Junior TT race the popular amateur racer Ben Drinkwater crashed fatally at this point and the corner became known as Drinkwater's Bend, although subsequently the name became partly disused.Daily Herald page 1 Tuesday 14 June 1949Motorcourse History of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Races pages 54 & 58 by Nick Harris (1990) First Edition Hazelton Publishing Graficias Estella SA 0-905138-71-6 On the 5th lap of the 1961 Senior TT Races, Ralph Rensen crashed at the 11th Milestone and later died from his injuries.Daily Express page 9 Saturday 17 June 1961 Road improvements The corner was subjected to road surface repair work and re-profiling during the winter of 2005/2006 by the Department of Transport.November 2019 References 30em Category:Roads in the Isle of Man Category:Corners of the Isle of Man TT