Fort Sewall

Fort Sewall Promontory, Marblehead, Massachusetts. County/parish: Essex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 14, 1975. NRIS 75001908.

3 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Fort on Gale's Head
  • Marblehead Fort

From Wikipedia:

Fort Sewall

Fort Sewall is a historic coastal fortification in Marblehead, Massachusetts. It is located at Gale's Head, the northeastern point of the main Marblehead peninsula, on a promontory that overlooks the entrance to Marblehead Harbor. Until 1814 it was called Gale's Head Fort.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63795054

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