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"High o'er the pines, that with their dark'ning shade
Surround yon craggy bank, THE CASTLE rears
Its crumbling turrets: still its towering head
A warlike mien, a sullen grandeur wears!"
* * * * *
LANDMARKS AND OTHER CONSPICUOUS OBJECTS
_Erected on the Hills._
* * * * *
The fact of so many of the hills and downs being crowned with some
far-seen object, such as a light-house, obelisk, or telegraph, must be a
source of considerable interest to a traveller in the Isle of Wight, not
only by their often giving an identity and attraction to many of those
broad features of scenery which would otherwise be comparatively tame
and monotonous, but also by enabling him to determine the bearings and
situation of places in their vicinity.
We shall here name a few of the most conspicuous of these objects,
nearly in the order pursued in the preceding description of the
Tour of the Island:--most of them being visible from the
neighbourhood of Newport, which, as we have before stated, occupies
a central position. We shall therefore commence with Carisbrooke
Castle.
At West Cowes--the Church-tower, and Windmills. At East
Cowes--Towers of Osborne, Norris, and East Cowes Castle. At
Wootton--the Prospect-tower of Fernhill. Southward of Ryde--a large
Windmill. On Ashey Down--the Sea-mark. At Bembridge--Mill on the
Down. Godshill--the Church: behind which, on Appuldurcombe Down, is
an Obelisk and private Signal-station. On Shanklin Down--Cooke's
Castle. St. Catharine's Down--ancient Tower, and old Light-house;
on the sea-cliffs, the new Light-house; on the northern extremity
of the down, the Alexandrian Pillar. Freshwater Downs--Light-house,
and Beacon.
* * * * *
TOURS OF THE ISLAND.
* * * * *
Some years ago it was customary for the then limited number of
Post-masters to adopt a regular three-days' Tour of the island,
dividing it into the North-eastern, the Southern, and the
North-western; differing but very little except as to the _order_
of the days' excursion. Not so now--for a hundred plans would
hardly describe all "the Tours" recommended by the different
inn-keepers and numerous other letters-out of vehicles for
pleasure-parties; to say nothing of the wide difference between the
visitors themselves, as regards the _Time_ allowed.--We have
anticipated, we hope, every question on the subject, by the
arrangement in the preceding pages: but still it may be
satisfactory to some of our readers, to see the most generally
adopted Routes. The reader will perceive that _Appuldurcombe_ is
frequently left as the object of a separate day's trip.
* * * * *
CONTINUED TOUR FROM RYDE.
FIRST DAY
MILES
St. John's: St. Clare, &c., 1
The Priory, 2
St. Helen's Green, 1
Bembridge (crossing ferry), 1
Yaverland, 3-1/2
Sandown Fort and Village, 1-1/2
Shanklin Chine and Village, 3
Luccombe Chine, 1-1/2
East End, 0-1/2
Bonchurch--Ventnor, 2
Steephill Castle, 1
St. Lawrence, 1
Niton, 2-1/2
Sleep here, or at Blackgang.------
23-1/2
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