Delft Island fort
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| Neduntheevu, Sri Lanka | |
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Delft Island fort
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 Delft Island Fort
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| Type | Defence fort |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Ruins |
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| Built by | Portuguese |
| Materials | Limestone and coral |
Delft Island Fort (also known as Neduntheevu fort and "Meekaman / Meegaaman fort"; Tamil: நெடுந்தீவுக் கோட்டை; Sinhalese: ඩෙල්ෆ් බලකොටුව) was built by the Portuguese on the island of Neduntheevu in the Palk Straight in northern Sri Lanka. Later, it was taken over by Dutch, who built a barrack nearby. The island known to the Portuguese as Ilha das Vacas, was renamed by the Dutch as Delft Island.[1][2]
The fort was constructed out of limestone and coral.[3] Though now in ruins, Ralph Henry Bassett describes the fort as a "very strongly fortified fort" in his book Romantic Ceylon: Its History, Legend, and Story.[3]
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