The Silver Burn is a small river on the Isle of Man which rises near the South Barrule and flows under the Monks' Bridge at Ballasalla, reaching the sea at Castletown harbour. The burn runs through the attractively wooded Silverdale Glen, a site which the Manx National Trust acquired in 1966. It is joined by the Awin Ruy, a small left-bank tributary, immediately north of Ballasalla.
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