Pequot Fort
Pequot Fort | |
Location | Pequot Ave., Groton, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°21′35″N 71°58′36″W / 41.35972°N 71.97667°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1637 |
NRHP reference No. | 89002294[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 19, 1990 |
The Pequot Fort was a fortified Native American village in what is now the
Description
The fort was located on top of Pequot Hill along Pequot Avenue just north of the village of
The Pequots responded by making attacks on Saybrook, Connecticut, and other Connecticut communities, to which they latter responded by organizing another expedition. Captain
In 1889 a statue of John Mason, designed by sculptor James C.G. Hamilton, was placed on Pequot Hill near the site where the massacre occurred. The memorial included a plaque recalling Mason's role in leading the attack on the fort. In the early 1990s, members of the Pequot tribe petitioned for the statue's removal, claiming offense at the commemoration of a killer of innocent people, and that its location was ground they considered sacred. After several years of debate, the statue was moved to Windsor in 1996.[4] The circle where the statue previously stood is now home to what the Pequots consider a tree of life.
Archaeological site
Archaeological investigation of the summit area of Pequot Hill has yielded numerous Native American and early colonial artifacts, with features that are interpreted as a palisaded village. The finds are consistent with post-destruction documentation of the site from the 17th to 19th centuries.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ The Society of Colonial Wars: 1637 – The Pequot War.
- ^ Newes from America Or, A New and Experimentall Discoverie of New England; Containing, A Trve Relation of Their War-like Proceedings These Two Yeares Last Past, with a Figure of the Indian Fort, or Palizado, by John Underhill Captain of Militia, Massachusetts Bay Colony Paul Royster, editor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- ^ Pelland, David. "John Mason Monument, Windsor". CT Monuments.net. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY LONG ISLAND SOUND - DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 2018-03-30.