Charles Fort Lighthouse

Charles Fort Lighthouse is a lighthouse in , . Charles Fort Lighthouse is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near .
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Charlesfort Lighthouse”, “Dún Chathail”, and “Lighthouse at Charles Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Charles Fort and James‘ Fort.

Photo: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 , on harbour, , .

Archaeological site
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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. is situated 1 km west of Charles Fort Lighthouse.

Museum
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is a tower house located in the town of in , . is situated 2 km northwest of Charles Fort Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Summer Cove and Kinsale.

Locality
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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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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
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(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 5 km north of Charles Fort Lighthouse.

Charles Fort Lighthouse

Latitude
51.69574° or 51° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
-8.49964° or 8° 29′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C3HMGW2+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 322520677
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Wiki­data ID
Q28333617
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Charles Fort Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Governer’s House and Ablution Room.

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