Charlotteville from Fort Cambleton - Tobago
The Cambleton Battery is not part of the island's fort system. Historically the term 'battery' refers to a group of ordnance systems, in this case cannon.


Cambleton is one of many batteries erected around the island, their main purpose was to help protect shipping in the various bays where sugar was loaded. 


Cambleton was erected in 1777 with a battery of two cannons to help protect the island from American privateers who were raiding the British islands during the American War of Independence.
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