Sion Hillock Fort

It was built under the regime of the English East India Company, between 1669 and 1677, atop a conical hillock when Gerard Aungier was the Governor of Bombay.

[3] At the base of the hill is the Mumbai Circle office of the Archaeological Survey of India,[4] and a garden – the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyan.

The fort is dilapidated and a collection of broken stone steps, scattered walls and ruins, overrun by trees and ground cover.

The fort offers a panoramic view, overlooking the salt pans in the Thane Creek.

Restoration of the fort had begun in 2009 but was stopped mid-way due to paucity of funds.