Fort Pyl
9°35′21″N 80°26′40″E / 9.589170°N 80.444578°E / 9.589170; 80.444578Type Defence fort Site information Condition Destroyed Site history Built by Dutch Materials Granite Stones Battles/wars Many Ancient Forts 
Colonial Forts
Fort Pyl (Sinhala: පෙයිල් බලකොටුව Peyil Balakotuwa) or Fort Pass Pyl[1] (Tamil: பைல் கடவைக் கோட்டை, romanized: Pail Kaṭavaik Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: පෙයිල් පාස් බලකොටුව Peyil Pas Balakotuwa) was a small fort in the Elephant Pass Fort areas, which is narrow part of the Jaffna peninsula. The fort was located in line with two other forts, Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter, in order to protect Jaffna peninsula from attacks originating from the mainland.[2]
The square-shaped fort built as similar to Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter. It was destroyed and no evidence of the fort is visible today.[3]
References
- ^ Katiresu, Subramanier (2004). A Hand Book to the Jaffna Peninsula and a Souvenir of the Opening of the Railway to the North. p. 50.
- ^ Swaardecroon, Hendrick. Memoir of Hendrick Swaardecroon. Sophia Pieters. Government Printer, Ceylon. Colombo.
- ^ "Fort Pyl & Fort Beschutter". Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- Nelson, W. A.; de Silva, R. K. (2004). The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – The Military Monuments of Ceylon. Sri Lanka Netherlands Association.
External links
- Fort Pyl & Fort Beschutter
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- Balana fort
- Mapagala fortress
- Sigiriya
- Sitawaka fort
- Vijithapura
- Yapahuwa
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Less or no contribution/renovation works of Dutch are marked by † symbol under "Portuguese Forts", and others are considered as Dutch forts too.
