Existing comment:
From the sign:
The Barracks:
At the time of the Spanish attack in 1742, about 200 British troops were stationed at Frederica. Some of the officers and married men lived in their own homes in or near town. Others lived camp-style in clapboard or thatched huts adjacent to this site. The barracks that stood here could accommodate more than 100 men.
The building took the form of a square with rooms surrounding an open parade. [The white area on the ground shows the original walls.] Walls were made of tabby one foot thick. Soldiers entered the barracks through a gateway covered by a tower made of double-thick tabby. Fortunately, three walls of this impressive tower remain standing and have been stabilized by the National Park Service.
During the 1742 military campaign, the barracks served as a hospital, and as quarters for Spanish prisoners-of-war. |