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High Knoll Fort

High Knoll Fort is a redoubt-style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena, an island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. High Knoll is above sea level and is approximately one mile (1.6km) south of historic Lower Jamestown. Reopened on 18 December 2010, it is now a tourist attraction for visitors, especially those on the tourist ships that come in the summer (January through April).
It looms over Jamestown, and was built to assist in defending the island against potential French invaders, being a redoubt for the islanders. The original fort was built in 1799 as a circular tower, sometimes referred to as a Martello tower, and along the lines of the tower at Simon's Town in South Africa.〔Clements (1999), p.115.〕 The purpose of the tower was to protect the rear approaches to the battery at Ladder Hill.〔 The High Knoll tower was incorporated into the present structure, which dates from 1874, when the Royal Engineers rebuilt it.〔(Land Planning and Development Control Ordinance ) Appendix 3: Listed Buildings〕
During the Second Boer War, Boer prisoners from South Africa were briefly incarcerated at the Fort. (In addition, there were prisoner-of-war camps at Broadbottom, Deadwood No. 1, Deadwood No.2, and Jamestown.〔Boer War POW camps on St Helena()()〕) Much later, the Fort served to quarantine imported chickens, sheep, and cattle. Then in the mid-1980s, NASA had a technician at the fort who ran a small tracking station.〔()〕
High Knoll Fort is also known as the Citadel, and is the largest, most prominent and most complete of the forts and military installations on the island. The Saint Helena National Trust have begun a project to restore the fort.〔(St Helena Herald ) 10 December 2010 - see p 6〕 It is designated as a Grade I listed building.〔
==References==

*Clements, William H. (1998) ''Towers of Strength: Story of Martello Towers''. (London: Pen & Sword). ISBN 978-0-85052-679-0.

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