Fort Agusta

Fort Agusta is an archaeological site in Edgewater, Saint Catherine Parish. Fort Agusta is situated nearby to the prison Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, as well as near the village Port Royal.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre and Tinson Pen Aerodrome.

Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre

Prison

Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, formerly Fort Augusta Prison, is Jamaica's only prison for women. It was built to accommodate 250 female inmates but has held over 280 on occasions. Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre is situated 170 metres east of Fort Agusta.

Tinson Pen Aerodrome

Aerodrome

Tinson Pen Aerodrome in Kingston, Jamaica is the largest of Jamaica's three domestic airports. It is located on Marcus Garvey Drive, a major highway that links Kingston to the nearby residential community of Portmore. Tinson Pen Aerodrome is situated 3½ km northeast of Fort Agusta.

Caymanas Park

Sports venue

Caymanas Park is Jamaica's only race track. It was historically a sugarcane estate in the Colony of Jamaica. It was originally owned by the Ellis family, including George Ellis and Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford, who made substantial profits from sugar and slavery. Caymanas Park is situated 4 km northwest of Fort Agusta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portmore and Port Royal.

Portmore

Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.

Portmore is a large coastal town in southern Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a place of residence for people working in the neighbouring cities of Kingston and Spanish Town.

Port Royal

Village

Port Royal was a town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. Port Royal is situated 3½ km south of Fort Agusta.

Tivoli Gardens

Neighborhood

Tivoli Gardens is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty. Tivoli Gardens is situated 5 km east of Fort Agusta.

Fort Agusta

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Edgewater, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.96671° or 17° 58′ 0″ north

Longitude

-76.84959° or 76° 50′ 59″ west

Inception

1740

Open location code

7795X582+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4770165791

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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