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.

Today the fort has been recreated and is now a national monument.

Lisbalting / Lios Bealtaine (' fort or enclosure of Bealtaine ') is located in Kilcash Parish, County Tipperary.

Four other ships sit along the coastline, one on fire while a large ship and a small ship are grounded on a shoal which is surmounted by a burning fort.

The remains are both burial-sites and buildings, and in the south part of this area, there is also a hill fort called " Borgen " (" The Fortress ").

The word broch is derived from Lowland Scots ' brough ', meaning ( among other things ) fort.

This now is identified as Barbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort in Wiltshire, near Swindon.

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.

:" The master ... came to the region of Pogesania, to that island which is in the middle of the Elbing river, in that place where the Elbing enters the Vistula Lagoon, and built there a fort, which he called by the name of the Elbing River, in the year of the incarnation of the Lord, 1237.

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.

The original fort site is now adjacent to the present historic " Old Town " portion of the city.

In 1959 Hawks re-teamed with John Wayne in Rio Bravo, also starring Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan as four marshal's " defending the fort " of their local jail where a local criminal is awaiting a trial and his family attempt to break him out.

There is a monument to Los Patricios in the fort of Churubusco.

* 1763 – Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.

Bala Hissar is a fort destroyed by the British in 1879, in retaliation for the death of their envoy, now restored as a military college.

The Romans built a military camp, which they called Lousanna, at the site of a Celtic settlement, near the lake where currently Vidy and Ouchy are situated ; on the hill above was a fort called ' Lausodunon ' or ' Lousodunon ' ( The ' y ' suffix is common to many place names of Roman origin in the region ( e. g. ) Prilly, Pully, Lutry, etc .).

* 1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3, 000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

The mass burial place of the victims of the massacres carried out in the fort is a grass field, marked by a simple yet frankly worded memorial written in several languages.

The original meaning of the adjective profane ( from Latin pro fano, " in front of " or " before, outside " the fanum, a sanctuary ) referred to items not belonging to the church, e. g., " The fort is the oldest profane building in the town, but the local monastery is older, and is the oldest building ," or " besides designing churches, he also designed many profane buildings ".

* 1529 – The Spanish fort Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.

* 1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.

The fort was home to cavalry, infantry, and the famous Black Cavalry, otherwise known as Buffalo Soldiers by Native Americans.

During this time the Indian Wars were happening in the west and famous military men such as Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Henry Sheridan, Arthur MacArthur, Jr., and George Crook were stationed at the fort at various times.

George Pickett ( later famous for " Pickett's Charge " and the Battle of Five Forks during the American Civil War ) was the first American to top the wall of the fort, and the Voltigeurs soon planted their flag on the parapet.

The rebels occupied Hakodate's famous European-style Goryōkaku fort and used it as the centre of their defences in southern Hokkaidō.

During his famous defense of the fort that would someday bear his name, a flag of Moultrie's own design was flown: a field of blue bearing a crescent with the word LIBERTY on it.

The city is known for its famous palaces such as the Noor Mahal, Sadiq Ghar Palace, and Darbar Mahal, as well as the ancient fort of Derawar in the Cholistan Desert bordering India.

These films included numerous allusions to the ride, most notably the attack on the fort, the famous jail scene, the namesake song, and a few lines from the characters.

The purpose of the fort is speculated to be for protection of tin and copper gathered in the tin-rich locality of what is now Pendeen, with its famous Geevor Tin Mine, and surrounding villages.

Here in Agra fort, Shah Jahan would spend eight of his last years as a prisoner of his son, Aurangzeb shuffling between the hallways of the palace, squinting at the distant silhouette of his famous Taj Mahal on the banks of River Jamuna ..

At one point he was placed in charge of the Fortaleza Ozama, the famous fort in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where there is a large statue of him, a gift to that country from a King of Spain.

In 1933 Polish archaeologists discovered remains of a Bronze Age fort / settlement in Wielkopolska ( Greater Poland ), the discovery became famous overnight.

During the Qing Dynasty, many pirates, including the famous Cheung Po Tsai, chose the bay of Tung Chung as their base and made use of the fort.

Some of the famous sites inside the fort include: Sheesh Mahal, Alamgiri Gate, Naulakha pavilion, and Moti Masjid.

The famous mud fort may have been built by Malik Ayaz, the first Muslim governor of Lahore.

One veteran of the War of 1812 is the cemetery's most famous occupant, Brigadier General Henry Leavenworth, who gave his name to the fort, the cemetery, and the town and county they are located in.

It is famous as the location of the hill fort of Cadbury Castle, thought by some to be King Arthur's Camelot.

He is famous for his defence of Sangram Durg, a fort, against a Mughal army led by Shaista Khan in 1660.

The fort, though not as large as the famous Bekal Fort in Kasaragod, is a treat to the eyes with lush greenery and well maintained surroundings.

The Payyambalam and Government guest house are some of the other famous landmarks near the fort.

Kolaba fort is famous for many battles, between Siddis and Kanhoji Angre, the British and the Portuguese.

Under United States control the fort was used as a military prison to incarcerate members various of Native American tribes starting with the Seminole-including the famous war chief Osceola-in the Second Seminole War-and members of various western tribes including Geronimo's band of Chiricahua Apache.

Gandikota-One of the famous fort in A. P.

Shivneri fort is one of the most famous historic place in Maharashtra ( India ).

Narayanpur is situated at the bottom of famous Purandar fort.