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Established as a fortified community of British settlers in 1736. One hundred sixteen settlers arrived in March and April of 1736. | Established as a fortified community of British settlers in 1736. One hundred sixteen settlers arrived in March and April of 1736. | ||
The town was laid out in a rectangular plat within a fortified polygon that surrounded the whole town. The fortification included earthworks and a surrounding moat | The town was laid out in a rectangular plat within a fortified polygon that surrounded the whole town. The outer fortification included palisaded earthworks and a surrounding moat. A central fortification within the outer fortification stood on the river bank and included palisaded earthworks enclosing a sallyport, the kings magazine, two storehouses and gun batteries. On the north end of the outer fortification stood stone barracks and the parade. | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 25 February 2010
Fort Frederica (1736-1763) - First established in 1736 by Gen. James Oglethorpe. Abandoned in 1763.
Fort Frederica History
Established as a fortified community of British settlers in 1736. One hundred sixteen settlers arrived in March and April of 1736.
The town was laid out in a rectangular plat within a fortified polygon that surrounded the whole town. The outer fortification included palisaded earthworks and a surrounding moat. A central fortification within the outer fortification stood on the river bank and included palisaded earthworks enclosing a sallyport, the kings magazine, two storehouses and gun batteries. On the north end of the outer fortification stood stone barracks and the parade.
Current Status
Period guns and mounts in place.
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Location: Fort Frederica National, Glyn, Georgia. Maps & Images Lat: 31.223307 Long: -81.393440 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 221-222
Links:
Visited: 20 Jan 2010
Fort Frederica Picture Gallery
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Fort Frederica Entrance Sign -
Fort Frederica Visitor Center Sign -
Fort Frederica House Foundation -
Fort Frederica Site -
Fort Frederica Kings Magazine Interior -
Fort Frederica Storehouse Foundation -
Fort Frederica 32 Pounder Carriage -
Fort Frederica Earthworks -
Fort Frederica Bastion Outline -
Fort Frederica Cemetery Burial Vault -
Fort Frederica Military Road
