Photographs from Brimstone Fort on St Kitts
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Activities on the Star Clipper
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and
one of the best preserved historical fortifications in the Caribbean. It was
built over a period of 100 years from 1690.
Brimstone Hill is nearly 800 feet high with steep slopes and the Citadel is
one of the earliest surviving examples of a style of fortification known as
the 'polygonal system'. It is defended by seven-foot-thick walls of black
volcanic stone--then better known as brimstone.
Brimstone Hill was abandoned in 1851, and the fort suffered neglect until
1965 when the site became a national park. Since then restoration has returned
the imposing fortress on the hill to its original grandeur.