Pequot Fort is the site of a former fort used by the Pequot

Pequot

Pequot people are a tribe of Native Americans who, in the 17th century, inhabited much of what is now Connecticut. They were of the Algonquian language family. The Pequot War and Mystic massacre reduced the Pequot's sociopolitical influence in southern New England...

 tribe in present-day Groton, Connecticut

Groton, Connecticut

Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 census....

 used during the 1637 Pequot War

Pequot War

The Pequot War was an armed conflict between 1634–1638 between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies who were aided by their Native American allies . Hundreds were killed; hundreds more were captured and sold into slavery to the West Indies. ...

. The fort was located on top of Pequot Hill along Pequot Avenue just north of the village of West Mystic. A statue of Major John Mason, who together with 90 colonists and 100 Mohegan Indians burned to death 600 to 700 men, women and children of the warlike Pequot Indian Tribe in 1637, was situated at the base of Pequot Hill near the site where the massacre occurred. The statue has since been removed.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

See also

• Mystic massacre
  Mystic Massacre
  The Mystic massacre took place on May 26, 1637, during the Pequot War, when English settlers under Captain John Mason, and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a fortified Pequot village near the Mystic River...
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut