Valentia Island
Island Valentia is a resort famous for its deep sea anglers. The 11 km long and 3 km wide island is one of the most westerly points of Europe. The surface of Geokaun Mountain (880 feet) on the north and the Bray Head (792 feet) on the south hold their prominent features of being hard and rocky. Both are splendid vantage points for any traveler. The Skelligs Rocks lie about 14 km off Valentia Island. And the largest of the three, the Great Skellig, is a gigantic mass of rock rising sharply against the sea to more than 700 feet. The ruins of a settlement built by early Christian monks, a small ancient church, a larger church of later date, two oratories, six beehive cells, several burial enclosures, crude crosses, and two wells situate on this
The dolmens of Co. Kerry (Self Catering, Kerry, Ireland) number, according to Borlase, twenty-two. Two in the townland of Gortna-gulla may be mentioned, as they have been examined and planned in recent years. Both are wedge-shaped structures and belong to a type common in the South of Ireland.
Lough Derg is the lower of the two great lake-like expansions of the Shannon, the other, Lough Ree, lying further up the river. Save at its southern end, where he lake is embosomed in hills of Silurian slate, the winding shores are. formed of low-lying limestones, and the numerous islands arc composed of the same rock. Botanical interest centres on the low, uncultivated islets and reefs, and on the sloping, stony shores. Here a peculiar flora is developed, as the following list of abundant plants will show :
The rarest plant of the lake shores is Inula salicina, which occurs in many places. Although this species ranges widely in Europe and Asia, it is unknown elsewhere in the British Isles. And other rare plants arc the American Sisyrinchium tingiistifoliiim, which grow in several places, being abundant along the Woodford river. Among bryologists, the name of Killarney is famous as the. home of a wonderfully rich moss flora, rich not only in rare species, but on account of the delightful profusion and luxuriance in which many of them grow. The neighbourhood of Glengariff, lying in Co. Cork, 20 miles to the southward, and like Killarney a sheltered, richly-wooded spot, 
polyphyllus, Campy lostelium saxicola, Bryum fine, B. Mildeanum, Sematophyllum demissum (in Ireland only here ; N. Wales ; Cumberland), S. micans also unknown elsewhere in Ireland ; in Great Britain occurs in Cumberland and the West Highlands), and Hypnum hamulosiim.
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The Kerry (Bed and Breakfasts, Kerry, Ireland) forts, containing stone huts, or Clochans, are very numerous ; they exist in hundreds, and in many cases arc still intact. The remarkable early settlement in the south-west of the barony of Corka-guiney contains many such buildings. It consists of a group of structures which lie along the sea-coast between Ventry Harbour and Dunmore Head, about ten miles from Dingle. The settlement covers about four townlands and verges on three others ; the remains cluster thickly round the lower parts of Mount Eagle and Beennacouma. It is not visible from the road, with the exceptions of the large forts of Dun Beag, and in Kilvickadownig. This remarkable site contains 515 forts, numerous huts, pillar stones, and other remains. The most important building of the entire series is Dun Beag (the little fort), one of the most striking pre-historic antiquities of Ireland. It consists of a stone wall, which cuts off a promontory protected on the landward side by an elaborate system of earthen walls and trenches, the area enclosed being thus triangular in shape, defended on the seaward side with great 
precipices. The height of the fort is about 90-100 ft. above the level of the sea. The edge of the cliff was protected by a dry stone wall, of which about 18 ft. in length and 2 ft. 2 in. in thickness remains at the south point. One stone building or Clochdn remains inside the fort; it is circular, with a diameter of about 37 ft.; it had a domed roof and a movable door. The great wall of the fort is 139! ft. in length, and varies in width from 8 ft. to n ft. Its internal face batters by irregular stages marked off by terraces, which doubtless served the purpose of enabling the defenders to mount the walls and reconnoitre. The doorway is remarkable; it is nearly 7 ft. in height and the same in breadth, with a reveal for the reception of a movable door ; to the west and east of it there are several chambers. It contained a souterrain which maintained a straight course for a distance of 45 ft. The defences on the landward side consist of an alternation of fosse and vallum. The fort has suffered from a restoration undertaken some years ago.
Kilvickadownig is another important fort belonging to this group; it contains within it three cells, and there is one outside. The wealth of antiquities in this early settlement is astonishing ; there are 414 clochans, 2 promontory forts, 7 raths, 15 forts, 12 crosses, 18 standing and inscribed stones, including two oghams, 19 souterrains, and 29 other ancient buildings and enclosures, which make a total of over 500 ancient remains. It is not easy to estimate the earliest period at which this site was inhabited, but, judging from the inscribed stones, Christianity was introduced not long after the original settlement. From the scanty remains of personal antiquities recovered it would appear that the general standard of comfort was low. The site and its antiquities have been surveyed by Professor R. A. S. Macalister, 1 and any person proposing to visit the remains should first read over his monograph.