Turner’s Rock Wood
Turner’s Rock Wood is a forest in County Cork, Munster. Turner’s Rock Wood is situated nearby to the quarter Old Blarney, as well as near Knocknagorty.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blarney Castle and Curraghkippane Cemetery.
Blarney Castle
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, a town in Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of the Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446.
Curraghkippane Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Podstawko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Curraghkippane Cemetery or Currykippane Cemetery, also known as St Mary's Cemetery, is a cemetery in Clogheen in the Kerry Pike area west of Cork in Ireland.
Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills
Ruins
Photo: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills was one of three Royal gunpowder mills that manufactured gunpowder for the British Government. Located in Ballincollig, Cork city, Ireland, largely in what is now the Ballincollig Regional Park, the powder mills were originally opened in 1794 as a private enterprise, before being taken over by the British Government during the Napoleonic Wars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blarney and Ballincollig.
Blarney
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blarney is a village in County Cork, nowadays incorporated into the nearby city of Cork. It's been on the tourist circuit for almost 300 years thanks to its castle and Blarney Stone. It's also a commuter town for Cork, with a population in 2016 of 2539.
Ballincollig
Suburb
Ballincollig is a suburban town within the administrative area of Cork city in Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork city, beside the River Lee on the R608 road.
Cloghroe
Village
Cloghroe is a village and townland on the R579 road in County Cork, Ireland. It is 7 miles northwest of Cork, close to Inniscarra and Tower. The Sheep River runs to the rear of the local pub Blairs Inn on the western side.
Turner’s Rock Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.9251° or 51° 55′ 31″ northLongitude
-8.5741° or 8° 34′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3HWCGG+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 300901997OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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