Farmer Rock

Farmer Rock is a reef in , . Farmer Rock is situated near the trailhead , as well as near the peak .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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, , . is situated 1½ km north of Farmer Rock.

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 harbour, , . Situated downstream from Kinsale on the , the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town. is situated 2 km north of Farmer Rock.

Islet
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small island and townland at the mouth of Ardkilly Creek on the south coast of , just to the west of the Castlepark peninsula, which forms the western side of the entrance to harbour in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Summer Cove and Kinsale.

Locality
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
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
Photo: Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
(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 6 km north of Farmer Rock.

Farmer Rock

Latitude
51.68314° or 51° 40′ 59″ north
Longitude
-8.50352° or 8° 30′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C3HMFMW+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6076069874
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
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Highlights: To Charles Fort Trail Start and To Lower Cove Trail Start.

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