El Castillo (site)
Nothing remains of the El Castillo fortification. The old spanish fort began as eleven guns behind a crude parapet of logs overlooking the anchorage of Monterey Bay in 1792. The battery was strengthened and enlarged over the years and served as the principal fort in Monterey for both the Spaniards and the Mexicans. it wa later replaced by the larger fort farther up the hill at the beginning of the American Era in 1848. The El Castillo site was excavated by archeologists in 1967 and recovered with earth to protect it.

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