Fort Cricket Hill

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Fort Cricket Hill

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Nearest city Hudgins, Virginia
Coordinates 37°29′15″N76°18′22″W / 37.48750°N 76.30611°W / 37.48750; -76.30611 Coordinates: 37°29′15″N76°18′22″W / 37.48750°N 76.30611°W / 37.48750; -76.30611
Area 18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built 1776 (1776)
NRHP reference # 70000811 [1]
Added to NRHP June 15, 1970

Fort Cricket Hill is an historic American Revolutionary War site in Mathews County, Virginia. The site is located near the Gwynn's Island bridge, which carries Cricket Hill Road (Virginia Route 223) to the island from the mainland near the village of Cricket Hill. From fortifications on this site (now marked by a plaque and observation deck), rebel Patriot forces fired on British forces controlled by the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, that had occupied Gwynn's Island. [2]

American Revolutionary War War between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which won independence as the United States of America

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Mathews County, Virginia County in the United States

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Gwynn's Island is an island located in the Chesapeake Bay off of Virginia's Middle Peninsula. The island is located in the northeast part of Mathews County, south of the mouth of the Piankatank River. It is connected to the rest of the county by a swing bridge over Milford Haven. The communities of Gwynn and Grimstead are located on the island.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Comprehensive Plan". Mathews County. Retrieved 2014-03-20.