Scardan

Scardan is a locality in , . Scardan is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cummeen Court Cairn and Knocknarea.

Archaeological site
is a court cairn and National Monument located in , .

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a large prominent hill west of town in , Ireland, with a height of 327 metres. is visually striking as it has steep limestone cliffs and stands on the Coolera Peninsula overlooking the Atlantic coast. is situated 3 km southwest of Scardan.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of , Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic. is situated 3 km southeast of Scardan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knocknahur and Strandhill.

Locality
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Ransboro, is a village in , . Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of North and South. is situated 3 km south of Scardan.

Photo: T0mt0m42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , 9 km west of Sligo town on the south shore of the bay, with a population in 2022 of 2000. Its name is apt: a great expanse of strand before it and a steep hill behind, the scarp of Knocknarea.

Hamlet
is a small village and townland in , Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of , and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres. is situated 3½ km northeast of Scardan.

Scardan

Latitude
54.27391° or 54° 16′ 26″ north
Longitude
-8.53942° or 8° 32′ 22″ west
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
9C6H7FF6+H6
Geo­Names ID
12133054
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Highlights include Sligo Harbour and The Showgrounds.

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