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 , on harbour, , .
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  • 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.

Lighthouse
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Archaeological site
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James Fort is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in harbour, , . Situated downstream from Kinsale on the , the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town. is situated 1 km west of Charles Fort.

Museum
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is a tower house located in the town of in , . is situated 2 km northwest of Charles Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Summer Cove and Kinsale.

Locality
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is part of Kinsale town on the harbour, on the south coast of ; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula.

Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
is a small harbour in , . It's 25 km south of Cork city, at the mouth of the River Bandon, and in 2022 had a population of 6000.

Village
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(Irish: Béal Guala is a village in , , located 4.6 kilometres to the north-east of . In 2022 it had a population of 823. is situated 4½ km north of Charles Fort.

Charles Fort

Latitude
51.69636° or 51° 41′ 47″ north
Longitude
-8.49901° or 8° 29′ 56″ west
Inception
1682
Operator
Office of Public Works
Open location code
9C3HMGW2+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28225450
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1064401
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Charles Fort” goes by many names.

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