Fort Sewall Site Plan
Fort Sewall Site Plan
Legend
A Kitchen
B Guard Room
C Store Room
D Dungeon
E Magazine
F Temporary Magazine
The bomb-proof headquarters, covered with several feet of earth, consists of four rooms (left to right):
Room A – a kitchen with fireplace and well.
Rooms B & C – guard rooms with for officers on duty.
Room D – a small windowless dungeon entered from Room C. A few British or French prisoners were held here briefly.
In the rear of Room C, a curved brick stairway leads to the upper level and magazine entrance. There are two underground ammunition magazines below the upper level.
Town Of Marblehead, Massachusetts
Marker can be reached from the intersection of Front Street and Fort Sewall Terrace, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
