Cooten Bay ruin

Until relatively recently, the ruin was extremely difficult to get to as no roads led to the bay, and the ghuts leading down the mountain side were relatively steep.

The bay is not accessible by sea due to the coral reefs lying close to the shore and the strong north side swells.

Visitors can now get to the ruins by climbing down a steep stream bed just a few hundred feet long.

It is a slightly curious area to fortify as the coral reefs would make any landing from the sea very difficult.

No armed conflicts are known to have occurred in the area of Cooten Bay in the history of the British Virgin Islands.