The Gunpowder Magazine

The Gunpowder Magazine is a building in , which is located on Charles Fort. The Gunpowder Magazine is situated nearby to , as well as near the ruins .
  • Type: Building
  • Also known as: “Magazine”
  • Address: Charles Fort, Kinsale

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Charles Fort and Charles Fort Lighthouse.

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

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 The Gunpowder Magazine.

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.

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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 The Gunpowder Magazine.

The Gunpowder Magazine

Latitude
51.69621° or 51° 41′ 46″ north
Longitude
-8.49937° or 8° 29′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C3HMGW2+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 301396745
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
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