Near Phippsburg in Sagadahoc County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
Sites of Forts in this Area
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 19, 2011
1. Sites of Forts in this Area Marker
Inscription.
Sites of Forts in this Area. .
1. Joseph Berry's Fort - West Bath; 2. Col. Noble's Fort - Pleasant Cove, built in 1734, a stockade with a guard house at each corner and another within the enclosure. "Without its protection the farmers did not dare work their fields."; 3. Clarke + Lake's Fort - Spring Cove; 4. Arrousic Fort - Manaskoux; 5. John Watt's Fort - Green Point; 6. Samuel Denny's Fort - Butler's Cove; 7. Col. Noble also built a garrison at Georgetown, "the danger from the Indians being extreme."; 8. Fort at Cox's Head. A brick fort and barracks for 105 Soldiers and 4 cannon was constructed in 1812; 9. Fort St. George - Sabino Head. Built by the Popham Colony in 1607; 10. Fort Popham - Hunniwall's Point. Also the site of an earlier fort built about 1744, which had a blockhouse with one four pound cannon. When Arnold came by in 1775 there were soldiers on duty here, one of whom went as pilot to guide the fleet up the Kennibec; 11. Fort Baldwin on Sabino Hill. A modern twentieth century fort, built in 1905. It included batteries, administration building, storehouse, hospital, guardhouse and wharf, all so concealed as to look like a peaceful, wooden knoll; 12. Fort Sagadahoc - Stage Island; 13. Fort Ancient Augusta - Small Point Harbor. Built by a Dr. Noyer in 1718, "one hundred feet square, for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants from the Indians." Traces of the foundations remain., [Made by S. W. Hilton, 1960s?]
1. Joseph Berry's Fort - West Bath; 2. Col. Noble's Fort - Pleasant Cove, built in 1734, a stockade with a guard house at each corner and another within the enclosure. "Without its protection the farmers did not dare work their fields."; 3. Clarke + Lake's Fort - Spring Cove; 4. Arrousic Fort - Manaskoux; 5. John Watt's Fort - Green Point; 6. Samuel Denny's Fort - Butler's Cove; 7. Col. Noble also built a garrison at Georgetown, "the danger from the Indians being extreme."; 8. Fort at Cox's Head. A brick fort and barracks for 105 Soldiers and 4 cannon was constructed in 1812; 9. Fort St. George - Sabino Head. Built by the Popham Colony in 1607; 10. Fort Popham - Hunniwall's Point. Also the site of an earlier fort built about 1744, which had a blockhouse with one four pound cannon. When Arnold came by in 1775 there were soldiers on duty here, one of whom went as pilot to guide the fleet up the Kennibec; 11. Fort Baldwin on Sabino Hill. A modern twentieth century fort, built in 1905. It included batteries, administration building, storehouse, hospital, guardhouse and wharf, all so concealed as to look like a peaceful, wooden knoll; 12. Fort Sagadahoc - Stage Island; 13. Fort Ancient Augusta - Small Point Harbor. Built by a Dr. Noyer in 1718, "one hundred feet square, for the purpose of protecting the inhabitants from the Indians."
Location. 43° 45.288′ N, 69° 47.013′ W. Marker is near Phippsburg, Maine, in Sagadahoc County. Marker is on a lower casement (gun deck) wall inside Fort Popham State Historic Site, off Popham Road (Maine Route 209). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Phippsburg ME 04562, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . 1. Fort Popham State Historic Site. (Submitted on February 3, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 2. Fort Popham, Maine. (Submitted on February 3, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 19, 2011
2. Sites of Forts in this Area Marker
3. Forts of Mid-Coast Maine. (Submitted on February 3, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By S. W. Hilton, circa 1960s?
3. Map on Sites of Forts in this Area Marker
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.
4. Fort Popham State Historic Site
Looking north
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 761 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on February 3, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on January 31, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
