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Feature count in area: 18, all in Kerry,
OSI/LPS Maps: 83, 84
Highest Place: Knocknadobar 690m
Starting Places (15) in area Iveragh NW: Cahernaman, Cahersiveen, Cnoc na dTobar Pilgrims Path, Coonanna Harbour, Cooncrome Harbour, Coosatemple Cove, Coulagh Bridge Road, unuseableCúm an Easpaig, Ducalla, Killurly SW, Kimego Forest E, Puffin Island, Roads Lough, Tetrapod CP, Villa Nuovo
Summits & other features 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
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islands as such.
Skellig Rock Little, 131mHill An Sceilg Bheag A name in Irish,
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Ir. An Sceilg Bheag [GÉ], ‘the little rock’ Small Skellig an extra name in English, Kerry County in Munster province, in Binnion, Irish Islands Lists, An Sceilg Bheag is the 1496th highest place in Ireland. An Sceilg Bheag is the second most southerly summit and also the second most westerly in the Iveragh NW area. Reachable "On Foot " Y Grid Reference V26900 61700,
OS 1:50k mapsheet 83 Place visited by: 3members, recently by: tsheehy, finkey86, DavidWalsh, Island visited by 6 members.
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Longitude: -10.509066, Latitude: 51.781367, Easting: 26900, Northing: 61700,
Prominence: 131m, Isolation: 2.5km ITM: 426888 561764 Bedrock type: Red conglomerate, sandstone & mudstone, (Old Red Sandstone (undifferentiated)) Notes on name: 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.
Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: SklgRc, 10 char: SklgRckLtl Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1366/
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