Rather than researching its true history, I decided to let imagination supply one. In The Seducer, its name is Ballanard, the Farm on the Height. Conveniently for the purposes of my novel, it's within walking distance of the Fayle tavern and the Cashin farm, so the hero and heroine find themselves here at several significant points in the story.
She'd braved gray skies and blustery winds, but the elements were less fearsome to her than this haunted tholtan... Her gaze occasionally strayed to the roofless shell of stone walls. A portion of the house had been blackened by fire, years ago. At one end stood an elder tree, its trunk bent and scarred, and near the gaping doorway, bright daffodils blossomed. —from The Seducer
The tour continues at the River Cornaa.
1. Maughold Head
2. St. Maughold's Church
3. Ellin's Home
4. Tholtan
5. River Cornaa
6. Kerron's Home
7. Port Cornaa
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