Corrin's Tower — Attraction in Patrick

CORRIN'S TOWER, PEEL HILL, PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.

ON TOP OF PEEL HILL OVERLOOKING THE CITY OF PEEL STANDS A STONE TOWER KNOWN AS CORRIN'S TOWER. THIS MONUMENT WAS BUILT AROUND 1806 BY THOMAS CORRIN, WHO OWNED THE HILL AND MUCH LAND NEARBY. THE SITE AND ITS POSITION AT THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL WAS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE PLACES AND THERE NEXT TO THE TOWER IN A SMALL OUTLINED GRAVEYARD, HE LAID TO REST HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. THEIR GRAVES ARE MARKED OUT WITH PILLARS OF STONE. CORRIN'S TOWER, ALSO KNOWN AS CORRIN'S FOLLY, IS FOUR STORIES HIGH. MUCH OF THE INSIDE IS TAKEN UP WITH A PILLAR SET IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING WHICH STARTS OUT SQUARE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, BUT GOES MORE ROUND AS IT MOVES UP THROUGH THE FLOORS TO THE ROOF. MEMORIAL TABLETS OF STONE AS WELL AS INSCRIPTIONS ON THE WALLS MARK THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR WITH MEMORIES OF DEPARTED CORRINS'. THOMAS CORRIN OFTEN STAYED ON THE THIRD FLOOR READING BY A SMALL FIREPLACE. AS A CONSQUENCE, THE WINDOWS ON ALL THREE FLOORS OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE TOWER ARE BLOCKED UP, DUE TO COMPLAINTS THAT SHIPS WERE MISTAKING THE TOWER LIGHT FOR THE PEEL...

Blessed with the weather a few weeks ago. Stunning walk as always - the views are beautiful and actually met a couple of Americal tourists being shown around by a blue badge guide. Their surname was Corrin and they were related to the Corrins who built the tower!! Another of the relatives has actually built a miniature version of the tower back in the States (Maine I...

Bit of a walk to get to, looks closer than it is, but a nice gradient walk up with stunning views of the sea and peel with every step. The tower itself is a bold character. Wish there was more information about it when we got to it.. So Google was helpful in teaching us about the quirky stoned up windows and why it was built in the...