Fort St. David

Fort St.David
Current condition of Fort St.David

Fort St David
Part of Tamil Nadu
Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India
Fort St David is located in Tamil Nadu
Fort St David
Fort St David
Coordinates11°45′N 79°45′E / 11.75°N 79.75°E / 11.75; 79.75
TypeFort
Site information
Controlled byGovernment of Tamil Nadu
ConditionRuins

Fort St David, now in ruins, was a British fort in the town of Cuddalore, a hundred miles south of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast of India. It is located near silver beach without any maintenance. It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at the time, Elihu Yale, was Welsh.[1]