Virgin Islands National Park: Liind Point Fort
REGION Southeast. lELD INVENTOR PARK/ AREA NAME Virgin Is lauJp NP / " V ^' RY REPORT 7^L % 3 NPS ORGANIZATION CODE NO. .5360 STRUCTURE NAMtf LAnd Point Fort ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National f~| State |X STRUCTURE NO. Local II-l STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE; Lind Point Fort is significant for its associations with the Napoleonic wars in which the United Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway were allied with France against England.and in whicli the Danish Virgin Islands were twice occupied by British forces. LOCATION OF STRUCTUREtQn southwest tip of Lind Point at mouth of Cruz Bay ; REFERENCE: j . | I 1 j CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not L_j_J |_|_I_) j .[___ 1_!_j_1_I'll part of a .complex or district: UTM. REFERENCE: A _.__ Zone E a s ting Northing acres. There are no UTM references"on~Hny published maps of the U.S.Virgin Islands." VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: The boundaries of Li rid. …
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REGION Southeast. lELD INVENTOR PARK/ AREA NAME Virgin Is lauJp NP / " V ^' RY REPORT 7^L % 3 NPS ORGANIZATION CODE NO. .5360 STRUCTURE NAMtf LAnd Point Fort ORDER OF SIGNIFICANCE: National f~| State |X STRUCTURE NO. Local II-l STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE; Lind Point Fort is significant for its associations with the Napoleonic wars in which the United Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway were allied with France against England.and in whicli the Danish Virgin Islands were twice occupied by British forces. LOCATION OF STRUCTUREtQn southwest tip of Lind Point at mouth of Cruz Bay ; REFERENCE: j . | I 1 j CLASS VI LAND ACREAGE (if not L_j_J |_|_I_) j .[___ 1_!_j_1_I'll part of a .complex or district: UTM. REFERENCE: A _.__ Zone E a s ting Northing acres. There are no UTM references"on~Hny published maps of the U.S.Virgin Islands." VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: The boundaries of Li rid. Point Fort Site follows the Lind Point trail below and around the fort and the access trail to the fort across the point starting at ^00 yards Northwest of the National Park Service Visitors Center on the Lind Point Trail. The property is within protected park area and the boundaries include all parts of the resource. STRUCTURE.;, Type of, and composition: Semi-circular earthwork with dry stone retaining walls. ____________ Physical Description; Lind Point Fort is a semi-circular earthwork located nonr ho tip of .Lind Point at an elevation of. about 120 feet.abov.e- sna,. 1.p.v.pV- .. . .. .. gun platform, that measures 60 feet across., .is unpavecl. On the seaward si do. a _ o retaining walls support tho fta.ri:h ^mhnnlcmprd- nnrl fV>f> 1r> / r.nrl ,>Oi» eroded earth par apots . _ Built as a battery to control the entrancf* i.n Harbor itCornTT->aiKls tho Bay n.s n.s Pillshnv finnnH Ti- Thy the British cluriiur their second occupation of thft . Darnsh,. Virgin Tsln-nfls 1 K07 ^18 1.5 .in the Nn.po1 no-nii P. wnr.s nnH if. is fhr> pViysirnl ^ ^rirl^i-^r-o^-M tho Virgin Isl uof an era o^corifllcc^th^tkept Jhe western world Jn t.iiv.mnil Latitude 18U 20'12" Longitude 64°47'52" PRESENT CONIOTION: Ruins lx i llent i "| Good{ r~X\ Altered (continue on reverse if Fair 1 ~1 Deter ior A ted] . Original Site 1X | Moved | | Report prepared •hO '•».&'^ Earthwork Historic Name:. Lind Point Battery Common Name: Lind Point Fort Cruz Bay Quarter, St. John, Virgin Islands ffltJkf- fc^k faH • JLf**fr<* 3 hoto Credit Donnie CT. Seale Date December 18, 1978 Negative filed at Virgin Islands National Park Access trail to earth work at east end of Battery. K V I. 1 I Earthwork Historic Name: Lind Point Battery Common Name: Lind Point Fort ruz Bay Quarter, St. John, Virgin Islands Photo Credit: Donnie G. Scale Date December 18, 1978 Photo Negative filed at Virgin Islands National Park Southeast face of Earthwork viewed from the northeast with entrance to Cruz Bay in background Earthwork i Historic Name: Lind Point Battery Common Name: Lind Point Fort Cruz Bay Quarter, St. John, Virgin Islands (Vf krtt' £^L HU^ A,-^-^ ) Photo Credit: Donnie G. Scale Date December 18, 1978 Negative filed at Virgin Islands National Park *V South face of battery viewed from the west.