Martello Tower
Martello Tower is a tower in County Cork, Munster. Martello Tower is situated nearby to Garnish Island, as well as near Walled Garden.Photo: MrCorman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: Martello Tower in Garnish Island, County Cork, Ireland
- Also known as: “Garinish Island Martello Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garnish Island and Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff.
Garnish Island
Island
Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garinish or Garnish Island is an island in Glengarriff Bay, an inlet of Bantry Bay, near the shore of the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. It is a tourist attraction with walled gardens and a Martello tower.
Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff is a ruins, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Martello Tower.
Glengarriff Forest
Forest
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glengarriff Forest is an area of woodland near Glengarriff, West Cork, Ireland. Most of the woodland is a nature reserve in public ownership which is sometimes referred to as Glengarriff "forest park" or "state forest". Glengarriff Forest is situated 3 km northwest of Martello Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glengarriff and Ballylickey.
Glengarriff
Photo: Valdoria, Public domain.
Glengarriff is a village at the base of the Beara Peninsula of County Cork in southwest Ireland. It's in an inlet of Bantry Bay, and became a tourist resort in the late 19th century.
Ballylickey
Village
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballylickey or Ballylicky is a village on the N71 national secondary road and Bantry Bay near Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. The Ouvane River flows into Bantry Bay at Ballylickey. Ballylickey is situated 7 km east of Martello Tower.
Bantry
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bantry is a town at the head of Bantry Bay in County Cork in southwest Ireland. In 2022 it had a population of 2900. The southwest coast of Cork is divided into three peninsulas, like claws on the foot of Ireland.
Martello Tower
- Categories: Martello tower, building, and historic site
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.73617° or 51° 44′ 10″ northLongitude
-9.54206° or 9° 32′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C3GPFP5+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 177629159OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=martello_towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q55045835
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