Skelligs, three rocky islands on the south-west coast of Ireland, lying 10 miles SW. of Valentia island. On one of the rocks stands a lighthouse, the light of which is 175 feet above high-water, and visible 18 miles at sea. On Great Skellig (710 feet high) are the ruins of a monastery.
Skelligs
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 486
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