Ward & Lock's descriptive and pictorial guide to the Isle of Man ...

The Town of Ramsey. 147The Bay.Having settled upon one's liead-qnarters, a stroll on tlioshore will advantageously occupy the interval between thevisitor's arrival and his dinner ; he will be rewarded, as wehave already stated, by a view of one of the most extensiveand naturally beautiful bays on the coast. It forms a completesemicircle, with a diameter, from the Point of Ayre inthe north to Maughold Head in the south, of about ninemiles. The land at Maughold Head stands out bold, rocky,and precipitous, whilst towards the Point of Ayre it is undu-THE PROMENADE.lating and slightly hilly. The soil towards this point is of areddish hue ; at sunrise it has a very peculiar appearance.An excellent Promenade was constructed in 1875 at acost of about £'5,000; it extends from the shore end of theNew or South Pier to Maughold Street, near the junctionof Waterloo Road, affording a splendid walk, more thanthree-quarters of a mile in length. The sea wall of thePromenade is fifteen feet high from the foundation and fivefeet thick ; it is composed of stone and cement. A concretedfootpath, twelve feet wide, has been constructed along tin.