Fort Montego

Montego Bay


At the southern end of Gloucester Ave, up a set of stairs, is this inauspicious fort. The sole remnant is a small battery with three brass cannons on rails and a separate armoury, hidden behind the craft market. Built in 1750 by the British, its cannons were fired only twice: one time misfiring and killing its own operator and another time mistakenly shooting at a British vessel and missing.