Fort St. Andrews

Fort St. Andrews
Cumberland Island, Georgia
Map of Cumberland Island (note the fort would have been located on North West part of the island near Terrapin Point).
Fort St. Andrews is located in Georgia
Fort St. Andrews
Fort St. Andrews
Coordinates30°55′33″N 81°27′04″W / 30.925735°N 81.451188°W / 30.925735; -81.451188
TypeCoastal defense fortification
Site history
MaterialsEarthen, Palisade
Battles/warsInvasion of Georgia (1742)

Fort St. Andrews was a British colonial coastal fortification built on Cumberland Island, Georgia, in 1736. The fort was built by the British as part of a buffer against Spanish Florida and the colonies to the north. The fort was abandoned and later destroyed by the Spanish in mid-1742.