Lighthouse Roches Point

Lighthouse Roches Point is a building in County Cork, Munster. Lighthouse Roches Point is situated near Roche’s Point Lighthouse, as well as near the islet Cow and Calf Rocks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Roche’s Point Lighthouse and Trabolgan Holiday Village.

Roche’s Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Peter Newbold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roche's Point Lighthouse is situated at the entrance to Cork Harbour, Ireland. A lighthouse was first established on 4 June 1817 to guide ships into Cork Harbour.

Trabolgan is a self catering holiday village on a 140-acre site which was a former country estate in the civil parish of Trabolgan, County Cork, Ireland. The holiday camp was registered on 1 May 1984 and officially opened on 29 June 1985. Trabolgan Holiday Village is situated 1½ km east of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Fort Templebreedy

Military installation

Fort Templebreedy, also known as Templebreedy Battery, was a coastal defence fortification close to Crosshaven, in County Cork, Ireland. Supplementing a number of earlier structures at Fort Camden and Fort Davis, the site was developed between 1904 and 1909 to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour. Fort Templebreedy is situated 2 km west of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crosshaven and Whitegate.

Crosshaven

Photo: lizard queen, CC BY 2.0.

Crosshaven is a coastal village in County Cork, with a population of 3300 in 2022. It's at the point where the River Owenabue flows into Cork Harbour, and its Irish name is Bun an Tabhairne, "mouth of the river Sabhrann".

Whitegate

Village

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitegate is a small village in East Cork on the eastern shore of Cork Harbour in County Cork, Ireland. It lies within the townlands of Ballincarroonig and Corkbeg. Whitegate is situated 4 km northeast of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Ringaskiddy

Village

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ringaskiddy is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the western side of Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, and is 15 kilometres from Cork city, to which it is connected by the N28 road. Ringaskiddy is situated 6 km northwest of Lighthouse Roches Point.

Lighthouse Roches Point

Type: Building
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.79298° or 51° 47′ 35″ north

Longitude

-8.25489° or 8° 15′ 18″ west

Levels

Roof shape

gabled

Open location code

9C3HQPVW+52

OpenStreetMap ID

way 420033783

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cow and Calf Rocks and Roche’s Tower.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lighthouse Roches Point and Roches Point.

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