British Fortification

Old Works

This was a British Fortification on the thin land isthmus connecting Boston to the rest of Mass Bay colony. The narrowest land line where the fortification was - is approx where the crosswalk is cutting into the park and along the shortstop line of the baseball diamond.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/06/14/8-maps-that-explain-bostons-changing-shoreline

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/siege-of-boston-map.htm