Skellig Rock Little, An Sceilg Bheag 131m hill, Iveragh NW SW: Skelligs Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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Skellig Michael 217m, Skellig Rock Little 131m, Washerwoman Rock 5m,

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Iveragh NW Area SW: Skelligs Subarea

Place count in area: 18, OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84
Highest place:

Knocknadobar, 690m
Maximum height for area: 690 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 565 metres,

Places in area Iveragh NW:
Cen: Cahirsiveen:

Beenduff 479m

Beentee 376m

Foilclogh 497m
N: Castlequin:

Castlequin 361m
N: Killelan:

Killelan Mountain 275m
N: Knocknadobar:

Kells Mountain 633m

Kells Mountain East Top 612m

Knocknadobar 690m

Knocknadobar North Top 602m
SW: Ballinskelligs:

Bolus 410m

Killurly 331m
SW: Portmagee:

Formaoil 206m

Knocknaskereighta 395m

Puffin Island 159m
SW: Skelligs:

Skellig Rock Little 131m

Skellig Michael 217m
SW: Valentia:

Bray Head 239m

Geokaun (Valentia Island) 266m

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.

Skellig Rock Little Hill An Sceilg Bheag A name in Irish, also Small Skellig an extra name in English Ir. An Sceilg Bheag [GÉ], ‘the little rock’ Kerry County in Munster Province, in Binnion, Irish Islands Lists, Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone Bedrock

Reachable "On Foot " Y
Height: 131m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 83 Grid Reference: V26900 61700
Place visited by 3 members. Recently by: tsheehy, finkey86, DavidWalsh
Island visited by 7 members.
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Longitude: -10.509066, Latitude: 51.781367 , Easting: 26900, Northing: 61700 Prominence: 131m, Isolation: 2.5km
ITM: 426888 561764, GPS IDs, 6 char: SklgRc, 10 char: SklgRckLtl
Bedrock type: Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone, (Old Red Sandstone (undifferentiated))

Small Skellig is home to nearly 70,000 gannets,making it the second largest gannet colony in the world. It is a statutory nature reserve. The public is not permitted to land on the island and there is no public access. The word sceilg is probably an early alternative form of speilic, both derived from Latin spelunca, ‘cave, den’, a word sometimes applied to hermit’s dwellings. The change sp- > sc- probably occurred in the early Christian period when Irish had no native words with p, cf. Ir. Cáisc, ‘Easter’, < Latin Pascha. It is no coincidence that two of the best known and earliest recorded instances of sceilg are at 6th century monastic sites with hermitages, namely Skellig Michael and Templenaskellig near St. Kevin’s Bed at Glendalough. An Sceilg Bheag is the 1497th highest place in Ireland. An Sceilg Bheag is the second most southerly summit and also the second most westerly in the Iveragh NW area.
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