Fort George is situated on the Titchfield Peninsula in the town of Port Antonio, in the parish of Portland, Jamaica.

The proposal for a fort in Port Antonio was first discussed in 1728, when a committee of the House of Assembly met to consider measures to be taken in the face of a possible Spanish invasion.

[1] Fort George’s construction served a dual purpose, first as a source of defence against foreign invasion and, second, to deal with the menace of the maroons in the area.

[3] Fort George was built to hold 22 guns including 8 large cannons, and has walls ten feet thick.

Much of the fort has been lost over the almost 300 years since its original construction, and all that remains are the Munitions Building, the defence walls and a line of cannons.