Delegal's Fort

The first fortification built by the British on the South End of St. Simons Island was erected near this site in April 1736, by soldiers of the South Carolina Independent Company under the command of Lieutenant Philip Delegal. Before coming to St. Simons, these soldiers had been stationed at Fort Frederica near Port Royal, South Carolina. When a regiment of British soldiers were brought to St. Simons Island in 1738, Lieutenant Delegal and his soldiers were taken into Oglethorpe’s Regiment. So, Fort St. Simons was built in place of Delegal’s Fort. Presently, there is no trace of the fort.