Cannon Rock

For the town in South Africa, see Cannon Rocks.

54°24′28.7″N 5°21′59.6″W^[1] Cannon Rock is a skerry in the North Channel off the coast of the Ards Peninsula near Cloughey, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the easternmost named point of Ireland. Cannon Rock is east of South Rock, on which there is a disused lighthouse.^[3]

Marine hazard

The rock is a hazard to shipping. Between 1861 and 1865, nine vessels ran aground on it.^[4]

References

1. "Aids to Navigation Review 2010–2015". General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland. 2010. p. 103. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
2. "Aids to Navigation Review 2010–2015". General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland. 2010. p. 103. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
3. Portaferry Lifeboat - Rescues "Lifeboat was requested to go to the aid of a 30 ft (9 m) yacht aground on the Canon [sic] Rock, close by the disused South Rock lighthouse tower"
4. "Part I, Table 20. List of Sands and Rocks upon which Vessels were Stranded in the Seven Years 1859 to 1865 inclusive". No. 3716: Abstract of the Returns made to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade of Wrecks and Casualties which occurred on or near the Coasts of the United Kingdom from the 1st January to the 31st December 1865. Accounts and papers. Vol. 27: Shipping (United Kingdom) (65 ed.). House of Commons. 1866. p. 40.