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 Longwood.

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.

Longwood

Village

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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.

Sandy Bay

Village

Photo: Kevstan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sandy Bay is one of 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. Sandy Bay is situated 2½ miles south 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: Jamestown, 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″ south

Longitude

-5.7167° or 5° 43′ 0″ west

Elevation

1,916 feet (584 metres)

Open location code

5CPP374M+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1568670948

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q5755803

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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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