Jamestown in James City County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Blockhouses Near Jamestown
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, July 20, 2013
1. Blockhouses Near Jamestown Marker
Inscription.
Blockhouses Near Jamestown. . In the first few years of the English settlement at Jamestown, colonists built small, isolated, fortified structures, called blockhouses, around the perimeter of the main settlement to provide refuges, observation posts, and rallying points in the case of attack. On 29 Mar. 1611, Paspahegh Indians, who consistently resisted the English incursion into their territory, attacked the blockhouse near here, killing the soldiers stationed there. The attack was in retaliation for the Feb. killing of their leader Wowinchapuncke. On 20 May 1611, Sir Thomas Dale directed the raising of another blockhouse “on the north side of our back river to prevent the Indians from killing our cattle.”
In the first few years of the English settlement at Jamestown, colonists built small, isolated, fortified structures—called blockhouses—around the perimeter of the main settlement to provide refuges, observation posts, and rallying points in the case of attack. On 29 Mar. 1611, Paspahegh Indians, who consistently resisted the English incursion into their territory, attacked the blockhouse near here, killing the soldiers stationed there. The attack was in retaliation for the Feb. killing of their leader Wowinchapuncke. On 20 May 1611, Sir Thomas Dale directed the raising of another blockhouse “on the north side of our back river to prevent the Indians from killing our cattle.”
Erected 2011 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number WT-3.)
Location. 37° 13.624′ N, 76° 47.022′ W. Marker is in Jamestown, Virginia, in James City County. Marker is on Jamestown Road (Virginia Route 31) south of
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Greensprings Road (Virginia Route 614), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Williamsburg VA 23185, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 647 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 21, 2013, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
