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Coppingers Court

Coppingers Court, a historic site in Ireland
Coppingers Court, a historic site in IrelandMike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Coppingers Court, a historic site in Ireland
Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Coppingers Court, a historic site in Ireland
Canjul99 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coppingers Court, a historic site in Ireland
Canjul99 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coppingers Court, a historic site in Ireland
Canjul99 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coppingers Court, a historic site in Ireland
Canjul99 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Coppingers Court is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Trá an tAonaigh, a beach 0.8 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.

About

The story

Coppingers Court is a ruined four-storey fortified house dating from 1616, situated on private property approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the sea. It was built by Sir Walter Coppinger and located in Ballyvireen valley, west of Rosscarbery in County Cork, Ireland. The house has a rectangular centre flanked by two wings on the east and west, resulting in a total of 9 gables.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q15211639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1616
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates51.57156, -9.06674

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
  • Ross Abbey: 1.6 mi
  • Famine Village: 1.7 mi
  • Castle Salem: 1.7 mi
  • Downeen Castle North: 1.8 mi
  • Downeen Castle South: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Poll na Slinne: 3.1 mi
  • Big Height: 3.2 mi
  • Cartivourneen: 3.3 mi
  • Big Bank: 3.3 mi
  • Cnoc Buí: 3.4 mi
Springs: 39
Attractions: 33
Cliffs: 21
Parks: 15
  • Gearagh Park: 7.1 mi
  • Coolngrane Park: 8.0 mi
  • Emmet Place: 8.3 mi
  • Riverside amenity area: 8.4 mi
  • The Rock: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 12
Museums: 11
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 3.8 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 4.5 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Heritage Centre: 8.9 mi
  • Michael Collins Centre: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 5
  • The Warren Dunes: 2.1 mi
  • Long Strand Dunes: 4.5 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 11.3 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 21.1 mi
  • Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Kilmurry Woods: 20.2 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 21.2 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 8.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Coppingers Court. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreNNW 335°545.6 m16.4 mi
Nowen HillNW 324°535.2 m12.9 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNW 320°509 m13.0 mi
Mullach MéiseNW 312°494.3 m14.3 mi
Douce MountainNNW 331°476 m18.0 mi
Doughill MountainNNW 331°471 m19.3 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNW 323°470 m14.7 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNW 320°452 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0518:49
June solstice05:1921:0421:58
September equinox07:2318:5319:37
December solstice08:4115:2816:29

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/300189811

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