Charles Fort
Charles Fort 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 Summer Cove, on Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland.Photo: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Email: charlesfort@opw.ie
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress opposite Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
- Also known as: “Charles Ft.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Charles Fort Lighthouse and James‘ Fort.
James‘ Fort
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 Kinsale harbour, County Cork, Ireland. Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town. James‘ Fort is situated 1 km west of Charles Fort.
Desmond Castle
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Desmond Castle is a tower house located in the town of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland. Desmond Castle is situated 2 km northwest of Charles Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Summer Cove and Kinsale.
Summer Cove
Locality
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Summer Cove is part of Kinsale town on the Kinsale harbour, on the south coast of Ireland; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula.
Kinsale
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Kinsale is a small harbour in County Cork, Southwest Ireland. It's 25 km south of Cork city, at the mouth of the River Bandon, and in 2022 had a population of 6000.
Belgooly
Village
Photo: Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belgooly (Irish: Béal Guala is a village in County Cork, Ireland, located 4.6 kilometres to the north-east of Kinsale. In 2022 it had a population of 823. Belgooly is situated 4½ km north of Charles Fort.
Charles Fort
- Categories: fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.69636° or 51° 41′ 47″ northLongitude
-8.49901° or 8° 29′ 56″ westInception
1682Operator
Office of Public WorksOpen location code
9C3HMGW2+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 28225450OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1064401
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Slovenian—“Charles Fort” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Charles Fort (Irlanda)”
- Basque: “Charles Fort”
- Catalan: “Charles Fort (Irlanda)”
- Catalan: “Charles Fort”
- Dutch: “Charles Fort”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تشارلز فورت”
- French: “Charles fort (batiment)”
- French: “Charles Fort (Batiment)”
- French: “Charles fort (bâtiment)”
- French: “Charles Fort (bâtiment)”
- French: “Charles Fort (Bâtiment)”
- French: “Charles Fort”
- German: “Charles Fort (Irland)”
- German: “Charles Fort”
- Irish: “Daingean Rinn Chorráin”
- Irish: “Dún Chathail”
- Italian: “Fort Charles”
- Japanese: “チャールズ要塞”
- Portuguese: “Forte Charles”
- Russian: “Чарльз Форт”
- Slovenian: “Charles Fort (Irska)”
- Slovenian: “Charles Fort”
- Slovenian: “Dún Chathail”
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