Evidence journal
Plain-language guides to source quality, location precision, uncertainty and the publication decisions behind the atlas.
Each article is structured, source-linked and reviewed against the same safety rules as the map records.
Use the harbour and Loch Promenade edges as a landmark spine. Verify café and attraction hours on their own pages the morning you go — this journal note will not invent them.
Read the evidence guideRecord parish, path type, fingerpost wording and open questions. Keep folklore as questions until you have a named source — never invent tide times or difficulty grades.
Read the evidence guideFolklore can be culturally real without earning a public map pin. Manx Treasure Map keeps story tone separate from geometry so readers do not treat a tale as a dig brief.
Read the evidence guideCoastal wreck pages and inland place pages answer different evidence questions. Read wreck geometry as approximate maritime context, inland markers as public-feature references, and never treat either card as permission to dive, detect or excavate.
Read the evidence guideA Manx Treasure Map place page is an evidence summary, not permission to dig, metal-detect or visit private land. Read the marker type, the named sources and any withheld-location note before treating a point as something you can act on.
Read the evidence guideThe map uses four location treatments because source identity, coordinate precision, public safety and legal access are different questions. This guide shows how to read each treatment without turning an evidence record into a search instruction.
Read the evidence guide