Fort Fincastle, Nassau

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Fort Fincastle, Nassau is an 18th-century British colonial fort and historic landmark overlooking Nassau on New Providence Island in the Bahamas.

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Fort Fincastle, Nassau canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fort ⓘ
historic landmark ⓘ
accessedVia Queen’s Staircase ⓘ
linked to: Queen's Staircase
architecturalStyle British colonial military architecture ⓘ
builtBy Lord Dunmore ⓘ
builtInCentury 18th century ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Nassau, Bahamas ⓘ
Forts in the Bahamas ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Nassau, Bahamas ⓘ
constructionEnd 1793 ⓘ
constructionStart 1793 ⓘ
country Bahamas ⓘ
elevationRelativeToCity overlooks city from hilltop ⓘ
era Age of Sail ⓘ
garrisonedBy British troops ⓘ
hasFeature battlements ⓘ
cannon emplacements ⓘ
thick defensive walls ⓘ
water cisterns ⓘ
hasShape roughly triangular plan ⓘ
hasViewOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Paradise Island ⓘ
heritage British colonial ⓘ
laterUse lighthouse ⓘ
prison ⓘ
signal station ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
New Providence ⓘ
New Providence District ⓘ
linked to: New Providence
locatedOn Bennett’s Hill ⓘ
linked to: Bennett's Hill

New Providence Island ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Viscount Fincastle ⓘ
title of Lord Dunmore ⓘ
near Fort Charlotte, Nassau ⓘ
linked to: Fort Charlotte

Fort Montagu, Nassau ⓘ
Queen’s Staircase ⓘ
linked to: Queen's Staircase
offers guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
overlooks Nassau Harbour ⓘ
downtown Nassau ⓘ
partOf coastal defenses of Nassau ⓘ
primaryFunction coastal defense ⓘ
harbour defense ⓘ
usedAs tourist site ⓘ
usedFor protection of Nassau from Spanish forces ⓘ
protection of Nassau from pirates ⓘ

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Prince George Wharf → near → Fort Fincastle, Nassau ⓘ