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A fort is a fortification, a defensive military construction.

Types of fortifications[link]

• Castle, fortified building
• Defensive wall, fortified wall
• Blanket fort or pillow fort, built by children
• Device Forts, England from 1539
• Hill fort, European Bronze Age / Maori / Indian
• Martello tower, British Empire 19th century
• Promontory fort, mainly Iron Age
• Star fort, 15th and 16th century Europe
• Tegart fort, Palestine from 1938
• Wagon fort, many periods and places
• Playplace, for children, also known as a play fort

People with the surname Fort[link]

• Charles Fort (1874–1932), journalist and researcher whose philosophy inspired the term Fortean
• Charles Fort (poet) (born 1951), American poet
• Connell Fort (1867-1937), Louisiana politician
• Cornelia Fort (1919–1943), American aviatrix
• De Witt Clinton Fort (1830–1868), Texan politician
• Franklin W. Fort (1880–1937), American politician
• Garrett Fort (1900–1948), American screenwriter
• George F. Fort (1809–1872), American politician
• Greenbury L. Fort 91825-1883), American politician
• Jeff Fort (born 1947), American gang leader and convicted terrorist
• John Franklin Fort (1852–1920), American politician
• M. K. Fort, Jr. (1921–1964), American mathematician
• Matthew Fort (born 1954), British food writer and critic
• Neal Fort (born 1968), American footballer
• Pavel Fořt (born 1983), Czech footballer

Places[link]

in Australia[link]

• The Fort Arts Hub (Brisbane), an independent centre for the arts, Brisbane

in India[link]

• Fort (Mumbai precinct), a neighborhood in India

in Sri Lanka[link]

• Fort (Colombo), the central business district of Colombo, Sri Lanka

In the United Kingdom[link]

• The Fort Shopping Park, a retail park in Birmingham

in the United States[link]

• The Fort (Taft, California), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kern County, California
• The Fort (Morrison, Colorado), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Colorado
• The Fort (Gillette Stadium), area of soccer stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts
• The Fort (North Lewisburg, Ohio), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Union County, Ohio

Other meanings[link]

• Fort (band), an Australian band
• Forts (album), an album by The Boggs
• Fleet Fort, a Canadian World War II aircraft
• RPC Fort, a Ukrainian arms manufacturer
  • Fort 12, a Ukrainian semi-automatic pistol
• Fort, journal of the Fortress Study Group, academic journal on military fortification
• The Fort, a novel written by Bernard Cornwell

See also[link]

• Fortress (disambiguation)
• Category:Forts for Wikipedia articles on forts
• Wikipedia articles starting with "Fort"

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