Peel Castle

This place was seldom visited by the tourist until Sir Walter Scott stirred the nation's curiosity by the publication of 'Peveril on the Peak'. Since then, large numbers of visitors annually flock to view the ancient stronghold, and to look with their own eyes on the scenes of incidents made familiar by the Romanticist.' (Dr Robert Paterson, Manx Antiquities, 1863, M 02321)