Triune Fortification

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Triune Fortification
Location Address Restricted, Arrington, Tennessee
Area 502 acres (203 ha)
Built 1863
MPS Civil War Historic and Historic Archeological Resources in Tennessee MPS
NRHP reference # 99000137 [1]
Added to NRHP February 5, 1999

Triune Fortification is a historic site in or near Arrington, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It has significance from American Civil War activity there in 1863. When listed the property included four contributing structures and ten non-contributing buildings on 502 acres (203 ha). [1]

Arrington is an unincorporated community near Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee. The Arrington area is known for rolling hills.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

In 2008, it was advocated that a conservation easement to preserve the property should be created. The Triune fortifications were asserted to be "one of the most intact and unaltered set[s] of Civil War earthworks in Tennessee." [2]

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