The Standing Stones are a circle of standing stones, presumably existing since approximately the Neolithic period. They are located behind Killdane, making it a tourist attraction for the North Western Railway on both The Main Line and Peel Godred Branch Line.
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- Awdry likely intended for these stones to be based on various pre-historic burial sites on the Isle of Man. These were once underground tombs, which were unearthed by erosion over many centuries.[1] However, in their cameo in James and the Diesel Engines, they were interpreted as more similar to Stonehenge, a famous monument in the United Kingdom consisting of much larger stones, aligned to the movement of the sun.
- Medieval Sudrians, having lost the knowledge of the original purpose of the stones, interpreted this site as a site for pagan or satanic rituals. The site and the village nearby were thus called Keeill-y-Deighan (Church of the Devil). The town's name was then shortened to Killdane.
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The Standing Stones on the 2020 map
The Stonehenge
An example of a Neolithic tomb at Braaid on the Isle of Man.
- ↑ Henshall, A. S. (Audrey S. ., Lynch, F., & Davey, P. J. (2017). The chambered tombs of the Isle of Man : a study by Audrey Henshall 1969-1978 (F. Lynch & P. J. Davey, Eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.