| Location |
Fort/Castle Name |
Purpose |
| Ankobra-Western Region |
Fort Elise
Cartage |
Built by the Dutch in 1702, only
traces ruins are now visible. |
| Axim- Western
Region |
Fort S. Antonio |
Portuguese
trading post, 1502. Destroyed by the towns people in 1514. Second fort
built by the Portuguese on present site in 1515. |
| Begin- Western
Region |
Fort Apologia |
Dutch lodge c. 1660. British fort
built between 1750 and 1770. Reconstructed between 1962 and 1968. |
| Princess town -Western Region |
Groot-Friedrichburg/Fort Holland. |
Danish lodge
1658, fort built in 1683. |
| Takrama-Western
Region |
Fort Sofia
Louis |
Lodge built by Branderburgers in
1690, English fort 1691.
Present day: Only the foundations
are visible. |
| Akwida-Western
Region |
Fort Dorothy |
Built by Branderburgers, 1685
Present day: In ruins. |
| Dixcove-Western
Region |
Fort Metal
Cross |
The fort on the bay (Dick's or Dickeys
Cove). Work commenced in 1693.
Restored 1954-66. |
| Butri-Western
Region |
Fort Batensteyn |
Swedish post 1650-2. Dutch fort
built 1656. |
| Sekondi-Western Region |
Fort Orange |
Built by the Dutch probably in 1640. |
| Shama-Western
Region |
Fort St. Sebastian |
Built as a Dutch lodge in 1526.
Portuguese fort built in 1590.
Restored 1954-7. |
| Komenda-Western Region |
Fort Vrendenburg |
English trading post 1663. |
| Elmina-Central
Region |
Fort St. Jorge |
Portuguese reached Elmina (Del Mina)
in 1471. Built by Portuguese in 1482. First European fort on the Gold Coast,
improved before 1500. |
| Elmina-Central
Region |
Fort St. Jago(Conraadsburg) |
Chapel built between 1555 and 1558
by the Portuguese. Turned into a lodge and watch tower.
Restored 1956-60. |
| Elmina-Central
Region |
Watchtower |
Presumably Dutch but of unknown
date, restored 1956-60. |
| Cape Coast-Central
Region |
Cape Coast
Castle |
Built as a lodge by the Dutch 1630
on an abandoned lodge built earlier by the Portuguese. Extensively rebuilt
before 1757-80. Present day: Cape Coast Castle Museum |
| Cape Coast Out Forts |
Fort Victoria |
Built by the English in 1702 |
| Cape Coast Out Forts |
Fort William |
Built by the British in 1819-20 |
| Cape Coast Out Forts |
Fort McCarthy |
Built by the British 1822 |
| Cape Coast
Out Forts |
Fort Nassau |
At Mourie. Dutch post, 1598. Dutch
lodge built |
| Anomabu- Central Region |
Fort William |
Built by the Dutch 1640. Restored
1954. |
| Kormantse-
Central Region |
Fort Amsterdam |
Dutch trading post 1598. Dutch lodge
built 1631, fort rebuilt by the English in in 1645. |
| Amoku- Central Region |
Near Ankaful, Saltpond |
French post built 1786. |
| Tantum- Central
Region |
|
English post intermittently
occupied from 1662. English post built c. 1724. |
| Apam- Central Region |
Fort Leysaemheyt/Patience |
Built by the Dutch 1696-1702 |
| Senya Beraku- Central Region |
Fort Goedehoop(Good
Hope) |
Dutch Fort establised 1667 |
| Accra |
Fort James |
It is likele that there was a Portuguese
lodge in the middle of the 16th century(probably by 1576). |
| Accra |
Fort Crevecoer(Ussher Fort) |
Dutch post built in 1642. |
| Accra |
Christianborg
Castle |
A Portuguese fortified house, 1550.
Swedish lodge built in 1652. Rebulit and used as a residence of the British
Gorvenor of Gold Coast, 1877-1957. Residence of the Prime Minister of Ghana
and renamed Government House , Osu in 1957.
Became the official residence of
Dr. Nkrumah (President) 1960 and has since remained the seat of the Government.
Frequently rebuilt with additions in recent years. Not open to the public. |
| Teshie |
Fort Augustaborg |
Dutch post in 1730-40's. |
| Prampram |
Fort Vernon |
British post built in 1740. |
| Ada |
Fort Kongenstein |
Portuguese trading place ,16th century. |
| Keta |
Fort Prinsenstein |
Danish post established c. 1714 |
