Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . herle Park are to be found the remains of twosmall Revolutionary batteries and the site of an oldblock-house. One of these batteries was named WestPoint, the other has never been named, so far as isknown. Only the ledge on which the block-house stoodcan now be seen. This building was probably con-structed more for an observatory than for the protectionit would afford, though it was built in true block-housestyle. It was twenty feet square on the ground floor,the second story projected over the first. It had no
Castine, past and present; the ancient settlement of Pentagöet and the modern town . herle Park are to be found the remains of twosmall Revolutionary batteries and the site of an oldblock-house. One of these batteries was named WestPoint, the other has never been named, so far as isknown. Only the ledge on which the block-house stoodcan now be seen. This building was probably con-structed more for an observatory than for the protectionit would afford, though it was built in true block-housestyle. It was twenty feet square on the ground floor,the second story projected over the first. It had nocupola, as shown in the illustration, but above it thesides of the building were continued four feet the site of this building nor either of the bat-teries can be found without the aid of a guide. Near Wadsworth Cove is a large redoubt named Bat-tery Griffith, in honor of Rear-Admiral Griffith, who com-manded the naval force in 1814-15. The dimensions ofthis battery are forty-seven feet front by ninety feet onthe sides. It is in shape an irregular quadrilateral. It. Interesting Historical Places. 77 enclosed barracks the foundations of which measure six-teen by thirty feet. This battery commands the entirecove. It is in a good state of preservation and is theproperty of the town. The Wadsworth Cove roadtouches the southern corner. The only remaining battery on the peninsula is in thepasture near to, but north of, Fort George. It is a semi-circular battery, one hundred and fifty feet in extent,and enclosing a redoubt which measures forty-six was named Battery Sherbrooke, in honor of the gen-eral who had the supreme command of all the land forcesof the English at this place in 1814-15. In the fieldsouth-west of Fort George are to be seen what is left ofthe American rifle-pits and other intrenchments. On Nautilus Island are the remains of a batteryerected by the British in 1779. It was the first onecaptured by the Americans. The island is the propertyof Mr.
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