Culloo Rock
Culloo Rock is a locality in County Kerry, Munster. Culloo Rock is situated nearby to the locality Culloo Head, as well as near Coosgorm.Places of Interest
Highlights include Geokaun and Illaunloughan.
Geokaun
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Geokaun Mountain is the highest mountain on Valentia Island, County Kerry. Geokaun is situated 3 km east of Culloo Rock.
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 3½ km south of Culloo Rock.
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. Bray Tower is situated 4 km southwest of Culloo Rock.
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 4 km east of Culloo Rock.
Knightstown
Village
Photo: Kmcnamee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knightstown, alternatively called Knight's Town, is a village and the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. Knightstown is situated 7 km east of Culloo Rock.
Culloo Rock
- Type: Locality
- Categories: tourism, scenic viewpoint, sports location, and fishing area
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.91454° or 51° 54′ 52″ northLongitude
-10.39188° or 10° 23′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3FWJ75+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2794473296OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
sport=fishingOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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