Castle Point
Castle Point is a locality in County Cork, Munster. Castle Point is situated nearby to the locality Coosavarkig, as well as near Coosnageragh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Altar Wedge Tomb and The Altar Church.
Altar Wedge Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: D.Camier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Altar Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and national monument located outside the village of Schull, in County Cork, Ireland. Altar Wedge Tomb is situated 2½ km north of Castle Point.
The Altar Church
Church
Photo: MrCorman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Altar Church, or The Church of The Poor, is a small Church of Ireland church in Toormore village in County Cork in Ireland. The church was built in 1847 as a famine relief effort to support the local poor. The Altar Church is situated 3 km north of Castle Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goleen and Crookhaven.
Goleen
Village
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Goleen is a small rural village in County Cork on the south-western tip of Ireland. Farming, tourism and construction work are among the main occupations of the local people. Goleen is situated 5 km west of Castle Point.
Crookhaven
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crookhaven is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the most southwestern tip of the island of Ireland. With an out-of-season population of about sixty, it swells in the summer season to about four hundred, when the occupants of the seasonal holiday homes arrive. Crookhaven is situated 7 km west of Castle Point.
Schull
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schull is a harbour town on the Mizen Head peninsula of County Cork, at the southwest tip of Ireland. The name means school, and was first documented in 1199 suggesting a religious seminary, but there's no trace of that.
Castle Point
- Type: Locality
- Description: point in County Cork, Ireland
- Category: point
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.49185° or 51° 29′ 31″ northLongitude
-9.63374° or 9° 38′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C3GF9R8+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3552203701OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3294470Wikidata ID
Q26716687
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castle Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castle Point”
- Swedish: “Castle Point (udde i Irland, Munster, County Cork)”
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Localities in the Area
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