Summer Cove

Summer Cove is part of Kinsale town on the harbour, on the south coast of ; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: neighborhood of Kinsale, Ireland
  • Also known as: Summercove” and “Summor Cove

Places of Interest

Highlights include Charles Fort and Charles Fort Lighthouse.

is a trace italienne fortification, a bastion fort with one section of the outer wall built in star fashion. It is located at the southern end of the village of Summer Cove, on harbour, , .

Archaeological site
James Fort is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in harbour, , . Situated downstream from Kinsale on the , the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinsale and Belgooly.

is a small harbour in , . It's 25 km south of Cork city, at the mouth of the River Bandon, and in 2022 had a population of 6000.

Village
(Irish: Béal Guala is a village in , , located 4.6 kilometres to the north-east of . In 2022 it had a population of 823. is situated 4½ km north of Summer Cove.

Locality
is a small village in , Ireland. It is 5 km north-west of , on the R605 road between Kinsale and . Dún Darú, anglicised as , means the fort of the oak-plain, with the site of the fort for which it is named located to the south of the village. is situated 7 km northwest of Summer Cove.

Summer Cove

Latitude
51.70004° or 51° 42′ 0″ north
Longitude
-8.50054° or 8° 30′ 2″ west
Elevation
51 metres (167 feet)
Open location code
9C3HPF2X+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52261627
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2961314
Wiki­data ID
Q7637295
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