Arandora fort

Arandora fort
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Arandora fort
Coordinates	7°28′11″N 80°28′01″E / 7.4697°N 80.4669°E / 7.4697; 80.4669
Type	Defence fort
Site information
Condition	Destroyed
Site history
Built by	Portuguese & Dutch
Battles/wars	Several

Arandora Fort (Sinhalese: අරන්දොර බලකොටුව) was built by the Portuguese in Narangoda, Kurunegala, and was captured by Dutch in 1665.^[1]

1690 Map of Arandora fort (top left corner)

The fort served as a base camp for the Portuguese and it served as a fortification for the Dutch, especially against the forces of the Kandyan king Rajasinghe II. In October 1670 the Kandyan forces attacked and captured the fort taking the Dutch garrison, who were stationed there at the time of the battle, prisoners. In order to facilitate the release of the prisoners the Dutch closed the ports at Batticaloa, Kottiar and Kalpitiya.^[2]

There are no visible remains of the fort.^[3]

References

↑ "Arandora Fort". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
↑ "Arandora – Accuras – Hakmana". VOC Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
↑ "Colonial Forts – relics of old time warfare". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 18 November 2014.

Nelson, William A.; de Silva, Rajpal Kumar (1984). The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – The Military Monuments of Ceylon. Canongate.

Forts of Sri Lanka

Ancient Forts

Colonial Forts

Portuguese Forts	Arandora fort Arippu fort Batticaloa fort Colombo fort Delft Island fort Fort Fredrick Fort Hammenheil Galle fort Haldummulla fort^† Hanwella fort Jaffna fort Kalutara fort Kayts Island fort^† Malwana fort^† Mannar fort Matara fort Menikkadawara fort^† Negombo fort Pooneryn fort Ratnapura Portuguese fort^† Ruwanwella fort

Dutch Forts	Elephant Pass fort Fort Beschutter Fort Ostenburg Fort Pyl Kalpitiya fort Kankesanthurai fort Katuwana fort Koddiyar fort Mullaitivu fort Point Pedro fort Ratnapura Dutch fort Star fort Tangalle fort

British Forts	Fort MacDowall Martello tower

Less or no contribution/renovation works of Dutch are marked by † symbol under "Portuguese Forts", and others are considered as Dutch forts too.

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