Cronk Urleigh
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| Cronk Urleigh | |
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  Location of Cronk Urleigh in Isle of Man | |
| Coordinates | 54°16′16″N 4°34′45″W / 54.27111°N 4.57917°W |
Cronk Urleigh[1] (Manx pronunciation: [kʰɾoŋkʰ ˈuːlə]; "hill of the forecourt"; archaic Reneurling)[2] is a stretch of road situated at the 15th Milestone on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey in the parish of Kirk Michael in the Isle of Man.
The nearby small hillock of Cronk Urleigh (Reneurling) adjacent to the main A3 Road is traditionally thought to be the site of the original Tynwald courts until 1422, although the site may have been situated at nearby Rhencullen in Kirk Michael.[3][4]
Origin of name
The name Reneurling (Manx: ’division, point of the forecourt’) is linked with the Tynwald court of 1422. The modern name of Cronk Urleigh may be incorrectly associated with the incorrect translation of ‘eagle hill.’ [5]
The Rev John Crellin of Kirk Michael writing in 1774 speculated that the name Cronk Urleigh / Reneurling may have been connected with the name for a Roman Standard used by ancient Roman Armies.[6]