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

The Mountain Roads. 65road. Arrived atTliolt-e-Will, an agreeable rest will be enjoyed,and the walk to Sulby Glen station is three miles and a half.The monutain roads on the midland commons are in theparishes of Marown and Patrick, with a small length in theparish of Malew. In all there are five roads, but tliey are soshort that their total length is less than five miles. Themost important one is that which forms a portion of the roadfrom Foxdale to Castletown, vid St. Mark's.The mountain roads in the south are not of great length,but afford excellent " coigns of vantage," whence to view therocky and precipitous coast that characterizes that part ofthe island. They converge at the high land close to theSouth Barrule mountain, called the Eound Table, the summitof the line from Bailasalla, Castletown, and Ai-bory to GlenMeay. The first of these is a branch leading from theEound Table towards Port Erin. It is usually known asthe Port Erin mountain road, and measures about five milesand a quarter. It commands a very fine view of CastletownBay and of the south of the island. From this line, at adistance of a mile and a quarter from the Eound Table, thereis a branch road, a little more than a mile in length, leadingto the summit of South Dalby, near Carran's Hill, which is984 feet high. South of this is the Cronk-na-Trey-Lliaamountain, which X)lunges into the sea from a height of 1,445feet. From ifs shoulder a most magnificent view of theCastletown and Port St. Mary Bays, Langness, Derby Haven,and the south is obtained. The country stretches at thefeet of the tourist in one beautiful panorama. Port Erinalone, of all the beautiful spots to the south, being hiddenfrom view. The Dalby district is one of the most romanticin the island. The scenery is picturesque in the extreme.At Balelby, near Dalby, is a tumulus which, from excavationsmade and the weapons discovered, appears to be ofthe iron age, the latest of the eras of burial in tumuU. Dr.Gumming thinks that it is of Scandinavian origin. Dalbyis provided with a school-hotise, which serves as a chapel ofease to the parish of Patrick. At the Nearbyl Point, southof Dalby, are some interesting caves. In the Lhagny-Keeihlley Glen, at the foot of Cronk-na-Irey-Lhaa, is an oldruinous Treen chapel, ten feet long by six wide, said to bethe burial-place of the old kings of Man.Other mountain roads lead from the Cross Vein Mine towardsGlen Needle ; from it to the mountain gate in Glenmaye ; and from the Eound Table towards Foxdale.