Castle Rushen

now a prison, occupies the site of a Danish fortre of the 10th century, which was almost wholly demolished by Robert Bruce in 1813. The grounds of Rushen Abbey (11th century), near the station, are now market gardens, Near by is the small building where the House of Keys a embled for about 170 years, Castor and Pollux, two demigods known by the ancients under the joint name of Dioscuri, that is, sons of Zeus or Jupiter. Mythology makes Jupiter reward their affection by translating the two brothers into constellations, under the name of Gemini -——stars which never appear together, but when one rises the other sets, and So on alternately.