Kitterland
Kitterland is an islet between the Isle of Man and the Calf of Man in the Irish Sea.
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Background
myth says that the islet was named after Baron Kitter who supposedly ruled the Isle of Man and, after hunting down all the deer, bison and elk on the mainland, sailed to the Calf of Man to hunt the deer there. While on the Calf his castle was accidentally set on fire. Seeing his house in flames from the Calf he rushed back, but his boat floundered against the islet in Calf Sound and he drowned. The islet was then named after this accident.
Trivia
- Kitterland is currently owned by the Manx National Trust and has a wealth of bird and marine wildlife.
- Kitterland has a human population of zero (it is basically uninhabitable) and is in the parish of Rushen.
- It is called Famman Kitterland in Manx. Which roughtly translates as Tail of the Rocky Isle.
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Islands of Isle of Man