In an effort to protect shipping at the north entrance of the Crooked Island Passage, the British established a fort on the site of 3.6 acre Marine Farm in the 18th century. Ruins on the former plantation compound include a main house and kitchen, as well as a military compound with historic drawings, cannons [with the king's seal] and other artifacts. They are poignant reminders of the early occupants of this site and that the British once ruled The Islands of The Bahamas.