Spit Bank Lighthouse
The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cove Fort and Spike Island.
Cove Fort
Castle
Photo: Charles Vallancey, Public domain.
Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour. Cove Fort is situated 750 metres north of Spit Bank Lighthouse.
Spike Island
Islet
Photo: Kondephy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spike Island is an island of 103 acres in Cork Harbour, Ireland. Originally the site of a monastic settlement, the island is dominated by an 18th-century bastion fort now named Fort Mitchel.
St Colman’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919. St Colman’s Cathedral is situated 1½ km northwest of Spit Bank Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobh and Rushbrooke.
Cobh
Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.
Rushbrooke
Locality
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rushbrooke is a populated area on the western side of Cobh on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It is in the townland of Ringacoltig. Rushbrooke is situated 3½ km west of Spit Bank Lighthouse.
Ringaskiddy
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. Ringaskiddy is situated 3½ km southwest of Spit Bank Lighthouse.
Spit Bank Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Ireland
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.84535° or 51° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
-8.27417° or 8° 16′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3HRPWG+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 697452151OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11821017Wikidata ID
Q22923344
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In Other Languages
“Spit Bank Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Spit Bank”
- French: “Phare de Spit Bank”
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