Point Pedro fort (Tamil: பருத்தித்துறைக் கோட்டை, romanized: Paruttittuṟaik Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: පේදුරුතුඩුව බලකොටුව Peduruthuduwa Balakotuwa) is a fort built in 1665 by the Dutch in Point Pedro, Sri Lanka.
It was constructed during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, by the Dutch East India Company to counter a possible British attack from the Bay of Bengal.
[2] On the 27 August 1795, the fort was captured by British forces, the 61st Pioneers (also known as 1st Battalion Sepoys).
[3] It is reported that the basement was triangular in shape, which led to it being built as a nearly triangle-shaped fort.
It had only one bastion towards the landward side and it was lacking space inside the fort due to its structure.