• Maritime History
• Manx Monarchs
• Sites
• Ancient Burial Sites
• Castles
• Peel Castle
• The Armoury
• The Bowling Green
• St German's Cathedral
• St Patrick's Chapel
• St Patrick's Church
• The Gatehouse
• The Guard House
• The Half Moon Battery
• The Hall
• A Kitchen
• The Lord's House
• The Magazine
• The Moddey Dhoo
• The New Battery
• The Pagan Lady
• The People of St Patrick's Isle
• The Postern Gate
• The Round Battery
• The Round Tower
• Toilet
• The Wall
• The Warwick Tower
• Ceremonial Sites
• Churches and Monasteries
• Forts
• Keeills
• Stone Crosses
• Stone Circles
• Towers
• Timelines
• Vikings

Peel Castle - The Gatehouse

This is built of red sandstone with buff sandstone details. It consists of two storeys and a roof level with a fighting platform. The second storey is reached by a staircase within the thickness of the wall. In the 17th. century the second storey was the Constable's Quarters, as it was deemed the most suitable place for the tactical commander.

Within the Gatehouse

The small opening on the left was formerly the Punishment Cell, and was much deeper than it is at present. Soldiers being punished would have to stand up in it through the night and day.

There is a small Guard Room in which the ghost of Peel Castle - the Black Dog or Moddey Dhoo made regular appearances.

Outside the Gatehouse, on the right, lies a Sundial. When the shadow of the Tower touches the black line on the Sundial it is twelve o'clock local time. Soldiers lodging in the town used this dial to see when it was time for them to go on duty, and poor people within the town were given soup from the Castle Kitchen at 12 noon each day, so it was beneficial to them.