High Knoll Fort

High Knoll Fort is a redoubt-style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena, an island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.

High Knoll is 584 metres (1,916 ft) above sea level and is approximately one mile (1.6 km) south of historic Lower Jamestown.

[1] The purpose of the tower was to protect the rear approaches to the battery at Ladder Hill.

[1] The High Knoll tower was incorporated into the present structure, which dates from 1874, when the Royal Engineers rebuilt it.

[3]) Much later, the Fort served to quarantine imported chickens, sheep, and cattle.