Old Spanish Chimney - St Augustine, FL
N 29° 51.874 W 081° 16.826
17R E 472916 N 3303811
This was the barracks for the Spanish who constructed Castillo de San Marcos, completed in 1695.
Waymark Code: WM6VKJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2009
Views: 9
These ruins are all that remain of what was probably a Spanish barracks which housed the quarry overseer, master masons, and stonecutters who were involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos. The quarry, located directly across the road from this site, contained rich veins of coquina which the Indian workers shaped into rough blocks. Under the supervision of the quarry overseer, Alonso Diaz Mejia, the blocks were transported by wagon and then by raft to the site of the Castillo. Completed in 1695, the great fortress was the keystone of the Spanish system of defense of Florida.
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