Lind Point Fort

NW of Cruz Bay, Cruz Bay, Virgin Islands. County/parish: St. John.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 23, 1981. NRIS 81000085.

Part of Virgin Islands National Park MRA (NRIS 64000886).

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 053177867
  • 053177870
  • 053177871
  • NR Control Nos. PH050867

From Wikipedia:

Lind Point Fort

Lind Point Fort, located northwest of Cruz Bay on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a historic site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

It was built by the British as a battery site, commanding Cruz Bay, during the Napoleonic Wars. The site includes a semi-circular earthwork ruin. It is protected within a National Park.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131518825