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Look Out, Fort

Description: Fort Look Out (1): Hudson River, North of Annsville Circle. A small Patriot works, covering route from bay towards Continental Village. Evacuated in October 1777 and destroyed by the British. For more information see www.dmna.state.ny.us/map/rev-war.html Fort Lookout (2): received from John Curran, City Historian of Peekskill - "There was a "Fort Lookout" as a redoubt, lookout post and probable beacon on the highest point between Dogwood Road and Sprout Brook Road in Town of Cortlandt. The Geological Survey map cleary shows the elevation. Furthermore, an aerial map of 1986 shows a circular fromation at that same location at the top of that hill. This map is available at the Westchester County Depgooartment of Planning, made by Keystone Aeral Services in Philadelphia Pa., Spring 1986, Map citation = C-1."
County: Westchester County
City, State: Peekskill, New York