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Scariff Island is located 5 km SW of Hog's Head, on the N side of the mouth of Kenmare Bay. The ecclesiastical site KE105A001001- on it is reached by a path that leads uphill from the landing place at Coosaneeve/Cuas na Naomh, on the island's NE shore. It consists of the remains of a terraced oval enclosure, within…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE105A001005
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- M J Richardson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Robert Wilcox, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- colm, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Martin Creek, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Jerzy Strzelecki, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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