Cove Fort
Cove Fort is a small bastioned land battery to the east of Cobh in County Cork, Ireland. Built as a coastal defence fortification in 1743, on instruction of the then Vice-Admiral of the Coast, it replaced a number of temporary coastal artillery batteries which defended Cork Harbour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles Vallancey, Public domain.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Ireland - an 18th-century fort and land battery in Cork Harbour, Ireland
- Also known as: “Cove Fort, County Cork”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Colman’s Cathedral and Spit Bank Lighthouse.
St Colman’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919. St Colman’s Cathedral is situated 1¼ km west of Cove Fort.
Spit Bank Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Spit Bank Lighthouse close to Cobh in County Cork, Ireland is a screw-pile lighthouse which marks a shallow bank in the navigable channels of lower Cork Harbour. Spit Bank Lighthouse is situated 750 metres south of Cove Fort.
Cobh
Railway station
Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh, County Cork. It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre. It is the terminus of the on Cork–Cobh section of the Cork Suburban Rail line. Cobh is situated 1½ km west of Cove Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cobh and Rushbrooke.
Cobh
Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.
Rushbrooke
Locality
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rushbrooke is a populated area on the western side of Cobh on Great Island in Cork Harbour, Ireland. It is in the townland of Ringacoltig. Rushbrooke is situated 3 km west of Cove Fort.
Ringaskiddy
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. Ringaskiddy is situated 4 km southwest of Cove Fort.
Cove Fort
- Categories: star fort, land battery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.85177° or 51° 51′ 6″ northLongitude
-8.27735° or 8° 16′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C3HVP2F+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 6634883918OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q20089971
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cove Fort”. Photo: Charles Vallancey, Public domain.