Spanish Head and the Chasms

Shortly after the creation of the Manx National Trust in 1951, the Trust took control of just over 200 acres of unspoilt coastline at Spanish Head. The area had been acquired by Sir Mark Collet and others in faith that there would one day be an organisation to preserve the Island's natural heritage.

This has since been augmented by gifts from C F Watterson (1956), A H Karran (1967), and Dr A W Kelly (1970), together with small purchases.

These helped to consolidate the main Spanish Head holding and preserve the environs of Cregneash Village.

H G Maddrell and the Clague family gave their respective half interests in Kitterland in 1971 and the Chasms were added to the Trust's acquisitions. The superlative scenery is, like the Trust's cliffs at Maughold, amongst the most important breeding areas for seabirds in the Island. Together with the Calf, they help to explain why the Isle of Man provides such an important southerly extension to the distribution of major sea bird colonies on the western side of Britain.

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