Gun Battery
Gun Battery is a ruins in County Cork, Munster. Gun Battery is situated nearby to the islet Lousy Castle Island, as well as near Kilmore Lake.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bantry Aerodrome and Bantry House.
Bantry Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bantry Aerodrome is a small privately owned airfield 1.5 NM west south-west of Bantry in County Cork, Ireland. It was constructed in the 1970s by the Rowa Pharmaceutical Corporation.
Bantry House
Photo: Schorle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Originally built in the early 18th century, it has been owned and occupied by the White family since the mid-18th century. Bantry House is situated 4 km east of Gun Battery.
U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island Ireland
Aerodrome
U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island was a seaplane station operated during the last year of World War I and commissioned 4 July 1918. Located on Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, it was also known as Bantry Bay Station. U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island Ireland is situated 3½ km northeast of Gun Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bantry and Durrus.
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.
Durrus
Village
Photo: Dreoven, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Durrus is a village and civil parish in West Cork in Ireland. It is situated ten kilometres from Bantry in County Cork, at the head of the Sheep's Head and the Mizen Head peninsulas. Durrus is situated 7 km south of Gun Battery.
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 northeast of Gun Battery.
Gun Battery
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.68197° or 51° 40′ 55″ northLongitude
-9.51991° or 9° 31′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C3GMFJJ+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 187182525OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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