Fort Pyl

Fort Pyl
Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Fort Pyl
Coordinates	9°35′21″N 80°26′40″E / 9.589170°N 80.444578°E / 9.589170; 80.444578
Type	Defence fort
Site information
Condition	Destroyed
Site history
Built by	Dutch
Materials	Granite Stones
Battles/wars	Many

Fort Pyl or Fort Pass Pyl^[1] (Tamil: பைல் கடவைக் கோட்டை) was a small fort in the Elephant Pass Fort areas, which is narrow part of the Jaffna peninsula. The fort was located in line with two other forts, Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter, in order to protect Jaffna peninsula from attacks originating from the mainland.^[2]

The square-shaped fort built as similar to Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter. It was destroyed and no evidence of the fort is visible today.^[3]

References

↑ Katiresu, Subramanier (2004). A Hand Book to the Jaffna Peninsula and a Souvenir of the Opening of the Railway to the North. p. 50.
↑ 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.

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