An archaeological site of "international importance" is continuing to be excavated on the Island.
Port-y-Candas, near Ballacraine, is one of the few known pre-Viking settlements here.
The team of archaeologists is led by Harold Mytum, director of the Centre for Manx Studies at the University of Liverpool.
He says the site, believed to have been occupied until the 7th century, seems to have been one of some significance:
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