Peel Castle and Town from Michael Street

The Duke of Athol parting with the Royalties in 1765, this place, which chiefly subsisted by illicit commerce, lost much of its importance...There are here, as in other towns in the Isle of Man, shops well stocked with a variety of goods, and a small, but most excellent inn, kept by Long from Carlisle.' (Nathaniel Jefferys, A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Isle of Man, 1809, M 00904)

A handwritten note on the sketch states: "Sketch of Peel Castle with part of the Town and Bay, Isle of Man. Taken at the head of a Ravine near the road leading on Kirk Michael. By Will Latham Aug 27 1822."