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Fort George (also sometimes known as Fort Majabigwaduce, Castine, or Penobscot) was a palisaded earthwork fort built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Castine, Maine. Located at a high point on the Bagaduce Peninsula, the fort was built as part of an initiative by the British to establish a new colony called New Ireland. It was the principal site of the British defense during the Massachusetts-organized Penobscot Expedition, a disastrous attempt in July and August of 1779 to retake Castine in response to the British move. The British re-occupied Castine in the War of 1812 from September 1814 to April 1815, rebuilding Fort George and establishing smaller forts around it, again creating the New Ireland colony. The remains of the fort, now little more than its

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rdfs:label	Fort George (Castine, Maine) (en)
rdfs:comment	Fort George (also sometimes known as Fort Majabigwaduce, Castine, or Penobscot) was a palisaded earthwork fort built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Castine, Maine. Located at a high point on the Bagaduce Peninsula, the fort was built as part of an initiative by the British to establish a new colony called New Ireland. It was the principal site of the British defense during the Massachusetts-organized Penobscot Expedition, a disastrous attempt in July and August of 1779 to retake Castine in response to the British move. The British re-occupied Castine in the War of 1812 from September 1814 to April 1815, rebuilding Fort George and establishing smaller forts around it, again creating the New Ireland colony. The remains of the fort, now little more than its (en)
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name	Fort George (en)
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location	Castine, Maine
dcterms:subject	Buildings and structures demolished in 1819 Castine, Maine History of Maine American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine War of 1812 forts American Revolutionary War forts Military history of New England National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Maine Demolished buildings and structures in Maine Colonial forts in Maine Protected areas of Hancock County, Maine Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine History of New England Military history of Nova Scotia British forts in the United States
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Castine, Maine Buildings and structures demolished in 1819 Moat Defence (1779 brigantine) Peleg Wadsworth Penobscot Bay Penobscot Expedition Dominic Serres Earthworks (engineering) Massachusetts New Ireland (Maine) Great Britain Castine, Maine Military history of Nova Scotia History of Maine American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places Bastion Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine War of 1812 forts Palisade American Revolutionary War forts War of 1812 American Revolutionary War Military history of New England National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Maine Francis McLean (British army officer) Demolished buildings and structures in Maine Colonial forts in Maine History of Maine The Fort (novel) Prize money Protected areas of Hancock County, Maine Court-martial Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine History of New England Military history of Nova Scotia National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places listings in Hancock County, Maine British forts in the United States Loyalist (American Revolution)
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://archive.org/details/fort0000corn%7Curl-access=registration http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_George_(11) http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/me.html%23Castine https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitee6.htm
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