Arandora fort
7°28′11″N 80°28′01″E / 7.4697°N 80.4669°E / 7.4697; 80.4669Type Defence fort Site information Condition Destroyed Site history Built by Portuguese & Dutch Battles/wars Several Ancient Forts Colonial Forts
Arandora Fort (Sinhala: අරන්දොර බලකොටුව, romanized: Arandora Balakotuwa) was built by the Portuguese in Narangoda, Kurunegala, and was captured by Dutch in 1665.[1]
The fort served as a base camp for the Portuguese and it served as a fortification for the Dutch, especially against the forces of the Kandyan king Rajasinghe II. In October 1670 the Kandyan forces attacked and captured the fort taking the Dutch garrison, who were stationed there at the time of the battle, prisoners. In order to facilitate the release of the prisoners the Dutch closed the ports at Batticaloa, Kottiar and Kalpitiya.[2]
There are no visible remains of the fort.[3]
References
- Nelson, William A.; de Silva, Rajpal Kumar (1984). The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – The Military Monuments of Ceylon. Canongate.
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Less or no contribution/renovation works of Dutch are marked by † symbol under "Portuguese Forts", and others are considered as Dutch forts too.