340 On the Forts around Beston. 
2. Bunker Hill. YVhe remains of the British fort are 
visible, the works must have been very stong, and occu- 
pied a large extent of ground—they are on the summit 
and slope of the hill looking towards the peninsula. 
3. Ploughed Hill. ‘The works upon this hill were com- 
menced by the Americans on the night of August 26th, 
1775, and received more fire from the British than any of 
the other forts; in a few days more than three hundred 
shells were fired at these fortifications. A small part of 
the rampart remains, but the whole hill is surrounded by 
the mounds and fosse of the ancient fort, which has been 
nearly obliterated. ae, 
4. Cobble or Barrell’s Hill was fortified,and occupied as 
a strong post, ia the war of the Revolution, by General 
Putnam, and, in consequence of its strength, was called 
Putnam’s impregnable fortress. Every fort which was de- 
fended by that General might be considered as impregna- 
ble, if daring courage and intrepidity could always resist 
superior force; yet this title seems to have been more ex- 
clusively given to the one noticedabove. It was commen- 
ced on the night of November 22nd; and the activity of 
its fire is well known to those who have studied the de- 
tails of the siege of Boston. This fort has been destroy- 
ed; but the position is easily identified. In Marshall's 
map, the entrenchment, whichis placed between this hill 
and the creek, should be removed to the southern shore. 
5. Lechmere Point Redoubt, one hundred yards from 
West Boston bridge, displays more science in its construc- 
tion, and has a wider and deeper fosse than most of the 
other fortifications. It was commenced on Dec. 11th, 
1775, and it was several days before it was completed, 
during which time it was much exposed to the fire of the 
English in Boston. Two or three soldiers of the revolu- 
tionary army were killed at this redoubt, and the Prunus 
virginiana, with its red berries, marks the spot where they 
were probably interred. Upon one angle of the Fort 
where the cannon were pointed with most destructive ef- 
fect, a church is now erecting, and when I visited the 
spot, the carpenters were busily engaged in preparing the 
woodwork in one of the bastions. The glacis, the coun- 
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