The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . The original inclined plane is to be replaced by anew one. At the outer angle of each bastion B is a sentry box AV , thaton the northwest 25 feet high being also a watch-tower for lookingto seaward. A stroke of lightning shattered the sentry-bo.\ on thenorthwest corner. Distance from corner to corner, 317 feet. Thefour sides of the fort between the bastions are the curtains. Thereare four equal bastions and four equal curtains. The ofb
The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . The original inclined plane is to be replaced by anew one. At the outer angle of each bastion B is a sentry box AV , thaton the northwest 25 feet high being also a watch-tower for lookingto seaward. A stroke of lightning shattered the sentry-bo.\ on thenorthwest corner. Distance from corner to corner, 317 feet. Thefour sides of the fort between the bastions are the curtains. Thereare four equal bastions and four equal curtains. The ofbastions and curtains are 9 feet thick at base, 4|^ at top. and 25feet high, above the present moat level. Battlements similar tothose on the other sides formerly defended the east water) side ofthe ramparts. The bastions are filled with earth, and there is nofoundation for the romantic tale of a subterranean passageway fromthe southwest bastion to a neighboring convent. The moat is 40 feet wide. It was formerly deeper than atpresent, had a perfectly cemented concrete floor, and was floodedat high tide. The excavation of the moat of San Marco is an. 48 The Stajidard Giiidc. archceological task waiting to richly reward some enthusiasticSt. Augustine Schliemann. Running along the outer edge of the moat are narrow level spacescalled covercd-ioays; and wider levels called piacts-of-arms, whereartillery was mounted and the troops gathered, protected by theouter wall or parapet, from which slopes the glacis. The fortification of stone water battery) in front is of modernconstruction, having been built by the United States in 1842; andthe small brick building (hot shot furnace in the moat between theeast curtain and the water battery dates from 1844. The guns ofthe battery have been dismounted, and all but one or two removed. In different forms and herring different names, St. Augustinesfort has been established more than three centuries; for two hun-dred years the fort was St. Augusti
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