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Castle Pinckney

Castle Pinckney is a small masonry fortification constructed by the United States government, in the , in 1810. It was used very briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp and artillery position during the American Civil War.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fort
  • Also known as: “Fort Pinckney” and “Shutes Folly”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include USS Yorktown and Exchange and Provost.

Museum
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is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier , which was sunk at the Battle of Midway. is situated 1¼ miles north of Castle Pinckney.

Museum
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The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, also known as the Custom House, and The Exchange, is a historic building at East Bay and Broad Streets in . is situated 1 mile west of Castle Pinckney.

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is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seaman Bartlett Laffey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces during the Civil War. is situated 1 mile north of Castle Pinckney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Castle Pinckney.

Castle Pinckney

Latitude
32.77367° or 32° 46′ 25″ north
Longitude
-79.91094° or 79° 54′ 39″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
1808
Open location code
8742Q3FQ+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12757400243
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
4573787
Wiki­data ID
Q1049463
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castle Pinckney”. Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.