Historical Markers in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

By Barry Swackhamer, June 21, 2014

Outer Defenses

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1 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — (Fort Royal) — Outer Defences / Défenses avancées —

Near Castle Hill Road.

English Gaillardin Redoubt Built originally of logs and subsequently of drywall masonry, this small enclosure surrounded by a breastwork was intended to keep an enemy from taking possession of Gaillardia Mountain, which overlooked . . . — — Map (db m78970) HM

2 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Castle Hill —

On Castle Hill Road close to Route 100 South.

English In 1693 the French began construction of Fort Royal to guard the harbour at Placentia. When it was completed in 1703, several batteries and outworks supported the main fortifications. The defences, however, were precariously . . . — — Map (db m78917) HM

3 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Castle Hill —

On Castle Hill Road close to Route 100 South.

English Welcome to Castle Hill National Historic Site of Canada By 1600, France and England dominated the European migratory fisheries to Newfoundland. Small-scale English settlements began in 1610, and in 1662 France . . . — — Map (db m78919) HM

4 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Fort Frederick —

On Main Street (Route 100 South) close to Orcan Drive, on the left when traveling south.

A fort consisting of a semi-circular redoubt mounting twelve guns, a guard house, barracks and storehouse surrounded by a palisade was erected on this site in 1721 and was named after H.R.H. Prince Frederick, then Prince of Wales. Although the . . . — — Map (db m78918) HM

5 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Fort Royal (Plaisance) — le fort Royal —

Near Castle Hill Road.

English Built in the Vauban style, Fort Royal was designed to protect against attackers with siege artillery and muskets. It contains three demi-bastions and one full bastion. The overlapping faces of the demi-bastions form a flank that . . . — — Map (db m78935) HM

6 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Port Royal and Castle Graves — Port Royal et Castle Graves —

Near Castle Hill Road.

English Fort Royal, 1709 Following an English naval attack on Plaisance in 1692 the French decided to erect a hilltop fortification to defend the town’s seaward approach. Fort Royal was begun the next year and completed around 1703. . . . — — Map (db m79009) HM