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.Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plantation House and St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Plantation House
Museum
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Plantation House is the official residence of the governor of Saint Helena. It is located 3.6 km to the south of the capital, Jamestown, on the island of Saint Helena. Plantation House is situated 1 mile south of High Knoll Fort.
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Peter Neaum, CC BY 3.0.
Saint Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral church on the island of St Helena and is part of the Diocese of St Helena. It is located approximately 2 miles south of Jamestown in the district of St Paul's. St. Paul’s Cathedral is situated 1 mile south of High Knoll Fort.
Briars
Building
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Briars is the small pavilion in which Napoleon Bonaparte stayed for the first few weeks of his exile on Saint Helena in late 1815 before being moved to Longwood House. Briars is situated 2,500 feet east of High Knoll Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Half Tree Hollow and Jamestown.
Half Tree Hollow
Village
Photo: Peter Neaum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Half Tree Hollow is the smallest by area of the eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Jamestown
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamestown is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, located on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Longwood
Village
Photo: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Longwood is a settlement and district of the British island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Longwood is situated 2 miles east of High Knoll Fort.
High Knoll Fort
- Type: Castle
- Description: fort of the English East India Company at Saint Helena
- Categories: geographical feature, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Half Tree Hollow, Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Islands of the Atlantic Ocean
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Latitude
-15.94373° or 15° 56′ 37″ southLongitude
-5.7167° or 5° 43′ 0″ westElevation
1,916 feet (584 metres)Open location code
5CPP374M+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1568670948OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5755803
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Telugu—“High Knoll Fort” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হাই নল কেল্লা”
- German: “High Knoll Fort”
- Hindi: “हाई नॉल किला”
- Kannada: “ಹೈ ನಾಲ್ ಫೋರ್ಟ್”
- Oriya: “ହାଇ ନଲ କିଲ୍ଲା”
- Oriya: “ହାଇ ନଲ ଫୋର୍ଟ”
- Russian: “Форт Хай-Кноль”
- Russian: “Форт Хай-Нолл”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Alta Loma”
- Spanish: “High Knoll Fort”
- Telugu: “హై క్నోల్ కోట”
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Highlights include The Heart Shaped Waterfall and Domaine du Pavillon des Briars.
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