Fort Matilda primary bastion
Chemin du Petit Canon, Basse-Terre, 97100, France
Basse-Terre Arrondissement, Guadeloupe
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d. June 3, 1794
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Fort Matilda primary bastion.
The former Fort Matilda survives within Basse-Terre’s later fortified complex, with masonry bastions, walls, passages, and elevated grounds preserved as a protected historic monument. A memorial identifies the reported burial of Thomas Dundas, while the fort’s fabric reflects several periods of alteration.
About Fort Matilda primary bastion
Burial place of Thomas Dundas.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Fort Matilda primary bastion
Fort Matilda primary bastion contains the documented grave of Thomas Dundas. Thomas Dundas was a British general who died of yellow fever during the 1794 campaign in Guadeloupe. Buried in the fort's primary bastion after dying of yellow fever in 1794.
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