Old Stone Fort

Site of fort erected by public subscription as a protection againat British warships during the War of 1812, captured in a sneak attack and dismantled by frigate Nymphe. Ammunition gone, all nine seafencibles taken prisoner, the townsmen hurled rocks, using their stockings as slings.

Marker is at the intersection of Bear Skin Neck and Tuna Wharf, on the right when traveling north on Bear Skin Neck.

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