On my survival world i found a skeleton spawner that a part of a mineshaft, i already light them all with torches and they're still couple of spawn particle pop out. Turn out they spawn on the mineshaft fences in the other side of the dungeon.
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GoldenHelmet
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Spawners ignore normal spawning limitations, they'll even spawn mobs in mid-air. Only limited by light level.