Bray Head
Bray Head is a locality in County Kerry, Munster. Bray Head is situated nearby to the locality Coosillaunkin, as well as near Danganmore Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bray Tower and Illaunloughan.
Bray Tower
Ruins
Bray Tower is a signal tower located on Valentia Island in County Kerry, Ireland. The tower was built in 1805 by the British Board of Ordnance during the Napoleonic Wars.
Illaunloughan
Archaeological site
Photo: Jose Antonio Gutierrez D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Illaunloughan is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. The site is located on a tiny island of 0.3 acres in Portmagee Channel, a channel separating Valentia Island from the Iveragh Peninsula. Illaunloughan is situated 4 km east of Bray Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmagee and Chapeltown.
Portmagee
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmagee is a fishing village on the Iveragh Peninsula of County Kerry, with a population in 2016 of 123. In Irish it's An Caladh, "the ferry", because it was the port for Valentia Island, but a bridge now spans the channel.
Chapeltown
Village
Photo: Elkringo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapeltown is a village on Valentia Island in the south-west of County Kerry. It is the second major settlement on the Island, the other being Knightstown 4 kilometers away. Chapeltown is situated 7 km northeast of Bray Head.
Bray Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in County Kerry, Ireland
- Category: cape
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.88008° or 51° 52′ 48″ northLongitude
-10.43075° or 10° 25′ 51″ westElevation
114 metres (374 feet)Open location code
9C3FVHJ9+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 4304281669OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bray Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bray Head”
- Swedish: “Bray Head”
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Localities in the Area
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