ZZ-ARL014 Fort Tillinghast

Marker text: FORT TILLINGHAST

Historical Site Defenses of Washington 1861-1865

Here stood Fort Tillinghast, a lunette in the Arlington Line constructed in August 1861. It had a perimeter of 298 yards and emplacements for 13 guns. A model of this fort, typical of all the lunettes in the Arlington Line, can be seen at the Hume School Museum of the Arlington Historical Society.

Erected by Arlington County, Virginia, 1965.

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Location: US 50 (sign is on the westbound side of the road) near Ft. Myer entrance., Arlington County, Virginia

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