Dangers of Skerryvore

The cluster of Rocks, of which that called the Skerryvore is the largest, has ever been a just cause of terror to the mariner[1].
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These rocks lie much in the track of the larger vessels bound over seas round the North of Ireland from the Clyde and the Mersey [1].
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When such vessels happened to encounter bad weather before making land, and so had difficulty in ascertaining their true position in relation to the coast...they were very liable to encounter some of the many detached rocks and shoals which form this broken reef of nearly seven miles in extent [1].
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Instead of shunning as a danger those dreaded rocks, vessels will steer boldly on their course, until checked by the Light [1].
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The whole of this tract may, in fact, be termed foul ground [1].
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