In 1754, a blockhouse named Fort Western ( now the oldest wooden fort in America ), was built at Cushnoc on the eastern bank.

It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River ; the fort was the start of the community in early days.

The fort was constructed in 1776 and a blockhouse was maintained here throughout the war.

The southernmost point was most recognizable for the Spanish blockhouse ( defensive fort ) that dominated the crest.

There are also remains of an Iron Age blockhouse fort at Burgi Geos.

The first permanent fort at Tilbury was a D-shaped blockhouse built in 1539 by Henry VIII and initially called the " Thermitage Bulwark ", because it was on the site of a hermitage dissolved in 1536.

The first permanent fort at Tilbury was a D-shaped blockhouse built in 1539 by Henry VIII and first called the ' Thermitage Bulwark ', because it was on the site of a hermitage dissolved in 1536.

Zane's blockhouse protected the entrance since attackers had to pass by it to attack the fort.

They would have been caught in a crossfire between the fort and the blockhouse.

In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building.

The blockhouse in upper right is a reconstruction. To protect Prairie du Chien against future invasion, U. S. forces returned in June, 1816, with orders to construct a new fort on the site of Fort McKay.

A fort, powderhouse and blockhouse were built on the island as defences for the city, in consequence of the War of 1812.

The first fortifications from 1540 were a few earthworks and blockhouse, but it was James I of England who ordered the construction of a square fort with bulwarks at each corner.

A Spanish blockhouse stood on the hill overlooking the village on Fisherman's Point near the entrance to the bay, and a fort on Cayo del Toro commanded the relatively narrow channel leading from outer to inner bay.

This replica of an 1832 fort in Illinois features a stockade with a blockhouse.

It usually takes the form of a low blockhouse, often partly sunk into the floor of the ditch, projecting outward into the ditch with access from the main fortress via a passage through the curtain wall, or as fortresses became largely underground, via a tunnel from within the fort.

It was used as an American fort during the War of 1812, where the War Department built a blockhouse with two cannons on Great Mill Rock.

The blockhouse was built on the river opposite the fort by the U. S. Government in 1794 and was in operation until 1805.

On February 1, 1782, Huddy was given command of the blockhouse ( a small fort ) at the village of Toms River that was built to protect the local salt works.

The fort was a stockade with a blockhouse surrounding the house and outbuildings of the settler Samuel Mims, located about 35 miles north of present-day Mobile, Alabama.

Currently, the Historic Hanna's Town site includes the reconstructed Hanna Tavern / Courthouse, three vintage late 18th century log houses, a reconstruction of the Revolutionary-era fort and blockhouse, and a wagon shed housing an authentic late 18th century Conestoga wagon.

The blockhouse served both as a fort and as a general store and office for the land-speculating “ Onion River Company ” and was built as a matter of security against the Yorkers and Indians, who at that time were held in equal enmity.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

( the fort was sacked by the Mongols led by Hulagu ).

The fort was partially destroyed by the Dutch in the mid 17th century, rebuilt, then destroyed again in 1776 by an earthquake.

From his fort at Athelney, an island in the marshes near North Petherton, Alfred was able to mount an effective resistance movement, rallying the local militias from Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire.

If this etymology is combined with the tradition reported by Geoffrey of Monmouth stating that Ambrosius Aurelianus ordered the building of Stonehenge – which is located within the parish of Amesbury ( and where Ambrosius was supposedly buried ) – and with the presence of an Iron Age hill fort also in that parish, then it may be tempting to connect Ambrosius with Amesbury.

Tārāgaṛh Fort, the fort guarding Ajmer, was the seat of the Chauhān rulers.

When it fell to the British Raj, the fort was dismantled on the orders of Lord William Bentinck and was converted into a sanatorium for the British troops stationed at the garrison town of Nasirabad.

Gobannium was a Roman fort guarding the road along the valley of the River Usk which linked the legionary fortress of Burrium ( Usk ) and later Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, ( Caerleon ) in the south with Y Gaer, Brecon and Mid Wales.

Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone.

Crassus laid siege to fort, but had to enlist the assistance of Rholes, the Getan petty king to dislodge them, for which service Rholes was granted the title of socius et amicus populi Romani (" ally and friend of the Roman people ").

The fort was garrisoned by French soldiers and armed with at least four cannon and two heavy mortars.

Ten minutes after the French opened fire Goliath, ignoring fire from the fort to starboard and from Guerrier to port, most of which was too high to trouble the ship, crossed the head of the French line.

The Great Uprising of 1598 swept all Spanish presence south of the Bío-Bío River except Chiloé ( and Valdivia which was decades later reestablished as a fort ), and the great river became the frontier line between Mapuche lands and the Spanish realm.

The fort was partially overrun after a month-long siege, but the attackers were ultimately repelled after the arrival of British reinforcements from Halifax.

Originally Dartmouth's only wharf was Bayard's Cove, a relatively small but picturesque area protected by a fort at the southern end of the town.

The fort was built by Royalist occupation forces in c. 1643 to the south east of the town, with a similar fort at Mount Ridley on the opposite slopes of what is now Kingswear.

In a private discussion, Allen and Arnold reached an accommodation, the essence of which was that Arnold and Allen would both be at the front of the troops when the attack on the fort was made.

Stalling for time, he demanded to know by what authority the fort was being entered.

Others report that the same fort was attacked by the infidels and then was moved to the place where it is now situated, and the city gathered around it.

In 1726, the town of the fort was raised to the condition of village.

The fort was decommissioned in 1867.