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Charles Fort (originally Needham's Fort) is a historic military fortification and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bridgetown, Barbados. It was originally built in 1650, and rebuilt in 1811. [ 1 ] It is located at Needham's Point on the southwestern side of the island, overlooking Carlisle Bay . [ 2 ]
Saint Ann's Fort is a historic military fort in Barbados. It is located in the Garrison Historic Area (also known as St. Ann's Garrison or, more commonly, The Garrison ). [ 1 ] It was built by the British in 1705, and named for Queen Anne of Great Britain . [ 1 ]
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St. Ann's Garrison, or more commonly known as "The Garrison", is a small district located in the country of Barbados.This Garrison Historic Area is situated about 3.2 km (2 mi) south of Heroes Square in the capital-city Bridgetown, and just west of the village of Hastings in the neighbouring parish of Christ Church.
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison: Saint Michael Parish. Cultural (ii) (iii) (iv) 2011 Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire.
Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries [1] scattered all over the island chain. Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new ...
It is located in the north of Barbados, and is the only parish besides Saint Lucy that extends from the east coast to the west. The Barbados "Platinum Coast," which extends through Saint Peter from the parish of Saint James just to the south, has helped to make Saint Peter a tourist hot spot. The parish is surrounded with white sand beaches ...
Forts in Barbados (2 P) C. Forts in Cuba (2 P) Forts in Curaçao (6 P) D. Forts in Dominica (3 P) ... Forts in the Collectivity of Saint Martin (1 P) Forts in Sint ...