"Built 1826-1836, Cost $473,402, Named for Richard Caswell, First Governor of North Carolina"
Battery Caswell (two 12" guns on barbette carriages). Also Old Battery Madison (one 4.72" Armstrong quick firing gun) located next to Caswell #1. N 33�53.587 W078�01.005 {see "American Seacoast Defenses" 2nd Ed. pages 136 and 86}	Emplacements converted into swimming pools.

Wide view of Old Fort Caswell.

Oak Point viewed from Bald Head Lighthouse. (Oak Island Lighthouse at left - Fort Caswell behind cargo ship).

Other GPS positions:
Fort Caswell Quartermaster Wharf N 33�53.766 W078�00.989
Oak Island Lighthouse N 33�53.569 W078�02.096 (USCGS)
Oak Island Tower N 33�53.517 W078�02.010 (USCGS "CG Lookout")
Oak Island 1886 wooden lighthouse N 33�53.540 W078�01.776 (USCGS)
Prices Creek Lighthouse N 33�56.165 W077�59.383 (USCGS "Bug Lt")
Bald Head Lighthouse N 33�52.412 W078�00.022 (USCGS)
Cape Fear Coast Artillery Tower (Bald Head) N 33�52.072 W078�00.469 (USCGS)
Fort Johnston (Southport) N 33�55.046 W078�01.036 (USCGS "Garrison")
Fort Anderson (Brunswick Town) N 34�02.400 W077�56.659
Battery Holmes (Bald Head) site undetermined

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