Queen's Fort

Queen's Fort
Location Exeter, Rhode Island
NRHP Reference # 80000024 [1]
Added to NRHP November 26, 1980

Queen's Fort is a historic site in Exeter, Rhode Island. Little more than a round, rocky hillock, the site has long been described as the site of a Native American fortification constructed in 1676 by members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe who survived the Great Swamp Massacre.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Preliminary Survey Report, Town of Exeter" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-14.

Coordinates: 41°35′35″N 71°31′23″W / 41.59306°N 71.52306°W / 41.59306; -71.52306


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