- Address
- Summer Cove
- Type
- Fortification
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20912507
Charles Fort
Summer Cove, Kinsale
Opening times and tickets are on its own website.
About Charles Fort
Charles Fort is one of 172 buildings in Kinsale the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Charles Fort to 1755–1760. 15 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
An imposing neo-Classical gate which marks the main entrance to Charlesfort. High design and fine craftsmanship are evident in its execution.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20912507 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20912507↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 5 minutes
Kinsale · about 200 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Charles FortStart here
- 2Magazine, Charles FortRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Charles Fort (barracks)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
10 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded buildings around Kinsale
Closest of all: Chetwynd Viaduct, Inishkenny, 18 km away. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The list reaches “Vent pipe, Paul Street, Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's Place, Cork” in Cork City Centre, 22 km away.
Questions about Charles Fort
Is Charles Fort on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20912507).
Can you visit Charles Fort?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Charles Fort built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1755–1760.
Is Charles Fort protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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