Fortress
James's Fort
🇮🇪 Ireland
James Fort (Irish: Dún Rí Shéamuis) 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. Following the construction of Charles Fort on the opposite side of the harbour in the late 17th century, James Fort became known as the "old fort" (Irish: an Seandaingean). Listed as a protected National Monument, and managed by the Office of Public Works, the fort is open to visitors.
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James's Fort ranks #201 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #27 of the 168 mapped in Ireland. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is James's Fort?
James's Fort stands in Ireland, at 51.69964°, -8.51028°.
How famous is James's Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #201 of 6,412 worldwide, and #27 in Ireland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to James's Fort?
Charles Fort, about 1 km away.
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