The Stone of Destiny
The Stone of Destiny is a memorial in County Cork, Munster. The Stone of Destiny is situated nearby to the manor estate Ballinacurra House, as well as near the ruins White Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Desmond Castle and James‘ Fort.
Desmond Castle
Museum
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Desmond Castle is a tower house located in the town of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland. Desmond Castle is situated 2½ km southeast of The Stone of Destiny.
James‘ Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0.
James Fort is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland. Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town. James‘ Fort is situated 4 km southeast of The Stone of Destiny.
Church of St Multose
Church
Photo: Jonjobaker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Multose is a Church of Ireland church located in Kinsale in Ireland. It is a cruciform church with a crypt. The current structure dates from the 1190s up to major additions in the 1750s with further renovations into the twentieth century. Church of St Multose is situated 3 km southeast of The Stone of Destiny.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunderrow and Kinsale.
Dunderrow
Locality
Dunderrow is a small village in County Cork, Ireland. It is 5 km north-west of Kinsale, on the R605 road between Kinsale and Innishannon. Dún Darú, anglicised as Dunderrow, means the fort of the oak-plain, with the site of the fort for which it is named located to the south of the village. Dunderrow is situated 2½ km northwest of The Stone of Destiny.
Kinsale
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Kinsale is a small harbour in County Cork, Southwest Ireland. It's 25 km south of Cork city, at the mouth of the River Bandon, and in 2022 had a population of 6000.
Summer Cove
Locality
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Summer Cove is part of Kinsale town on the Kinsale harbour, on the south coast of Ireland; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula. Summer Cove is situated 4½ km southeast of The Stone of Destiny.
The Stone of Destiny
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Briseadh Ceann tSaile”
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.71851° or 51° 43′ 7″ northLongitude
-8.56036° or 8° 33′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C3HPC9Q+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5090421938OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Ballinacurra House and White Castle.
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