Plan of the Cloven Stones one mile south of Laxey
Date(s): 1865
Creator(s): Lukis
Scope & Content: “These stones appear to be druidical or may perhaps mark the burial place of some distinguished warrior. Mr Milburne informed us that about seven years since he, with two or three of the miners opened this mound to the depth of five feet and discovered a human skull and some thigh bones which from their uncommon size must have belonged to a person of gigantic stature. The skull fell into two parts on being exposed to the atmosphere.” (Samuel Dukinfield Swarbreck, Tour through the Isle of Man by Captain William Latham, July 1815, MS 00296)
A copy of the plan, taken from original in Lukis Museum Guernsey.
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Language: eng
Extent: 20cm x 33cm
Physical description: plan
Item name: plan
Collection: Maps & Plans Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: P.2927
Retrieval number: XA LO 2 S
Record class: Private