Pikes on Cliffs
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Pikes on Cliffs is the name of a small rural house, located on the most northern coast of Estaca de Bares
Punta de Estaca de Bares
Punta de Estaca de Bares is the northernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, at a latitude of 43º 47' 38" North. It is located in Galicia. Conventionally, it marks the western end of the Cantabrian Sea, in the North Atlantic ocean....

 in Spain
Spain
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. The small construction includes a blacksmith
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...

 shop and a well
Water well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by an electric submersible pump, a trash pump, a vertical turbine pump, a handpump or a mechanical pump...

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According to the legend, this is the place were Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 sailor William Simms lived in the 16th century. Simms was able to reach the coast after he was condemned to die by drowning by Sir Francis Drake. The legend says that every year, at the beginning of spring, his spirit can be seen on a rock from which he hopes to see the pikes that gave him fortune.
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