Gun Battery
Gun Battery is a ruins in County Cork, Munster. Gun Battery is situated nearby to the ruins WW1 US naval airbase, as well as near the aerodrome U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island Ireland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include U.S. Naval Air Station Whiddy Island Ireland and Bantry Aerodrome.
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.
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 2½ km southeast of Gun Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bantry and Ballylickey.
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.
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 4½ km northeast of Gun Battery.
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.
Gun Battery
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.69495° or 51° 41′ 42″ northLongitude
-9.48701° or 9° 29′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3GMGV7+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 187182527OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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