Material Quaters

Material Quaters is a ruins in County Cork, Munster. Material Quaters is situated nearby to the ruins Governer’s House, as well as near Charles Fort.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Charles Fort and Charles Fort Lighthouse.

Charles Fort

Photo: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Charles Fort Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Antiqueight, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Material Quaters.

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 Material Quaters.

Material Quaters

Type: Ruins
Category: building
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.69582° or 51° 41′ 45″ north

Longitude

-8.49822° or 8° 29′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C3HMGW2+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 301396741

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Governer’s House and Cook House.

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