Shute's Folly Island, Charleston, South Carolina. County/parish: Charleston.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 16, 1970. NRIS 70000574.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
Castle Pinckney is a small masonry fortification constructed by the United States government, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1810. It was used very briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp (six weeks) and artillery position during the American Civil War. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118997293