Fort Cockhill (Q5470944)

  • matcher place: Manhattan (way 400014249), New York (relation 175905), Manhattan (relation 2552485), Manhattan (relation 8186559), Manhattan (relation 8398124)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Forts in Manhattan, Inwood, Manhattan
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Fort Cockhill was an 18th-century military fortification located on Cox's Hill or Tubby Hook Hill, now known as the present-day Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan, New York City. A small, circular earthwork structure, in height some ten or twelve feet and equipped with two cannon, it was situated at the northwestern extremity of Tubby Hook Hill, at a point overlooking both the Hudson River and the Harlem River valley.

Wikidata location: 40.8772, -73.9243 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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