Altar
Altar is a scenic viewpoint in County Cork, Munster. Altar is situated nearby to White Strand, as well as near the forest Ballyrisode Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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.
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 670 metres north of Altar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goleen and Schull.
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 southwest of Altar.
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.
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 8 km southwest of Altar.
Altar
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51411° or 51° 30′ 51″ northLongitude
-9.64405° or 9° 38′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C3GG974+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 409675954OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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