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These majestic cliffs rise
from the Atlantic Ocean to a height of nearly 200m and extend for a
distance of 8km from Hag's Head due west of Liscannor to a point beyond
O'Brien's Tower. They take their name from a ruined promontory fort,
Mothar, which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a
signal tower.
The rock consists of layers of
shale and sandstone. And every now and then a piece of the cliff falls off
and disappears in the ocean down below. |
