Fort St. Andrews | |
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Cumberland Island, Georgia | |
Coordinates | 30°55′33″N 81°27′04″W / 30.925735°N 81.451188°W |
Type | Coastal defense fortification |
Site history | |
Materials | Earthen, Palisade |
Battles/wars | Invasion 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.