Fort (disambiguation)
A fort is a fortification, a defensive military construction.
Types of fortifications
- Castle, fortified building
- Defensive wall, fortified wall
- Blanket fort or pillow fort, built by children
- Device Forts, England from 1539
- Hill fort, European Bronze Age / Maori / Indian
- Martello tower, British Empire 19th century
- Promontory fort, mainly Iron Age
- Star fort, 15th and 16th century Europe
- Tegart fort, Palestine from 1938
- Wagon fort, many periods and places
- Playplace, for children, also known as a play fort
People with the surname Fort
- Bernard Fort (born 1954), French musician
- Charles Fort (1874–1932), journalist and researcher whose philosophy inspired the term Fortean
- Charles Fort (poet) (born 1951), American poet
- Connell Fort (1867-1937), Louisiana politician
- Cornelia Fort (1919–1943), American aviatrix
- De Witt Clinton Fort (1830–1868), Texan politician
- Franklin W. Fort (1880–1937), American politician
- Garrett Fort (1900–1948), American screenwriter
- George F. Fort (1809–1872), American politician
- Greenbury L. Fort 91825-1883), American politician
- Jeff Fort (born 1947), American gang leader and convicted terrorist
- John Franklin Fort (1852–1920), American politician
- M. K. Fort, Jr. (1921–1964), American mathematician
- Matthew Fort (born 1954), British food writer and critic
- Neal Fort (born 1968), American footballer
- Pavel Fořt (born 1983), Czech footballer
Places
in Australia
- The Fort Arts Hub (Brisbane), an independent centre for the arts, Brisbane
in India
in Sri Lanka
in the United States
- The Fort (Taft, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kern County, California
- The Fort (Morrison, Colorado), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Colorado
- The Fort (Gillette Stadium), area of soccer stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts
- The Fort (North Lewisburg, Ohio), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Ohio
Other meanings
See also