Fort Beschutter

Fort Beschutter
Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Fort Beschutter
Coordinates	9°33′39″N 80°24′59″E / 9.560736°N 80.416422°E / 9.560736; 80.416422
Type	Defence fort
Site information
Condition	Destroyed
Site history
Built by	Dutch
Materials	Granite Stones
Battles/wars	Many

Fort Beschutter or Fort Pass Beschutter^[1] (Tamil: பெசுச்சூட்டர் கடவைக் கோட்டை) was a small fort, which was linearly located between Elephant Pass Fort and Fort Pass Pyl in the narrow part of the Jaffna peninsula. The strategic fort was used to protect Jaffna peninsula from the forces of mainland (Vanniyas and Sinhalese) as well as illegal access, smuggling, etc.^[2]

Fort Beschutter was built as square-shaped fort like other two in the Elephant Pass area. It was completely destroyed and nothing found today.^[3]

References

↑ Kumar De Silva, R Rajpal (1988). Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon 1602–1796. p. 132.
↑ Swaardecroon, Hendrick. Memoir of Hendrick Swaardecroon. Sophia Pieters. Government Printer, Ceylon. Colombo.
↑ "Fort Pyl & Fort Beschutter". Retrieved 11 November 2014.

Nelson, W. A.; de Silva, R. K. (2004). The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – The Military Monuments of Ceylon. Sri Lanka Netherlands Association.

External links

Fort Pyl & Fort Beschutter

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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 17, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.