Pencil Drawing of 'Cloghyn Skeilt in Kirk Lonon near Laxey Isle of Man' (Cloven Stones)
Date made: 1774
Artist: unknown artist
Description: "Close to Glengawn river stand the Cloven Stones near to where the new and old road intersect. These stones appear to be druidical or may perhaps mark the burial place of some distinguished warrior." (Samuel Dukinfield Swarbreck, Tour through the Isle of Man by Captain William Latham, July 1815, M 07398)
The sketch is from a collection associated with Paul Panton of Bagillt, Flintshire, and Plas Gwyn, Anglesey, was a descendant of the Panton family of Coleshill, Flintshire. He was a barrister, antiquary and industrialist, who developed lead and coal mines, mainly in the Holywell area of Flintshire. He married Jane Jones, heiress of the Plas Gwyn estate in 1756. His son and heir was Paul Panton junior. On his death, unmarried, much of the estate passed to his brother, Jones Panton, and subsequently to his nephew, Jones Panton the younger, whose eldest daughter and heiress Mary married Charles, 2nd Baron Vivian, in 1841. Paul Panton was associated with Thomas Pennant, Captain Francis Grose and Moses Griffith - who toured the Island in 1774.
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Measurements: overall: 20.2 cm x 16 cm
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Object name: drawing
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 2010-0082/6