Taqui Altounyan, sister of Roger Altounyan and inspiration for one of the characters in Swallows and Amazons, described Peel Island in her autobiography In Aleppo Once as "like a green tuffet, sitting in the water, the trees covering the rocks".
Taqui Altounyan's account of Peel Island in her autobiography In Aleppo Once likened it to a lush, green mound rising from the water, with trees covering the surrounding rocks.