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Full list of forts and castles in Ghana

Greater Accra Region

  • Fort James, Jamestown – Accra

  • Fort Visao - aka Franklin Lodge, the first Portoguise fort, build in today Accra, 1660, Jamestown, Brazil Lane

  • Fort Ussher, Jamestown – Accra

  • Fort Christiansborg (Osu Castle) – Osu, Accra

  • Richters Fort - aka Richters House, Osu, near Osu Castle, finished by 1807, a private fort, Ga-Danish Mulattoes trading with slaves until at least 1850s. Fort was just about 1500 meters from Osu Castle. Some remains and a hidden slave tunnel to Osu Castle are still left!

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Central Region

  • Cape Coast Castle – Cape Coast

  • Elmina Castle (São Jorge da Mina) – Elmina

  • Fort St. Jago – Elmina

  • Fort William – Cape Coast

  • Fort Victoria – Cape Coast

  • Fort Amsterdam – Abandze/Kormantine

  • Fort Good Hope – Senya Beraku

  • Fort Patience – Apam

  • Fort Lijdzaamheid (Fort Leydsaamheid) – Apam

  • Fort Nassau – Moree

  • Fort McCarthy – Anomabo

  • Fort William (Smith’s Tower) – Cape Coast (Hilltop)

  • Fort Kormantin – Abandze

Western Region

  • Fort Metal Cross – Dixcove

  • Fort Batenstein – Butre

  • Fort San Sebastian – Shama

  • Fort Orange – Sekondi

  • Fort Groot Fredericksburg – Princes Town

  • Fort Dorothea – Akwidaa

  • Fort Apollonia – Beyin

  • Fort Sekondi – Sekondi

  • Fort Tenack (Frederiksborg) – Princes Town

 (More fortifications, below)


Ivory Coast, G Gold Coast, Slave Coast - Old map of the Slave Traders, including fortifications.


(c) Remo Kurka photography Fort Batenstein (Butre, Western region)

Volta Region

  • Fort Prinzenstein – Keta

Other / Ruined or Lesser-Known Forts

  • Fort Vernon – Prampram (Greater Accra)

  • Fort Augustaborg – Teshie (Greater Accra)

  • Fort Effume – Near Shama (Western Region)

  • Fort Kongenstein – Ada Foah (Greater Accra)

  • Fort Vredenburg – Komenda (Central Region)

  • Fort English – Komenda (Central Region)

Fort Komenda – A Historic Coastal Fort in Central Region, Ghana

Fort Komenda is a historic European fort situated in the town of Komenda, along the central coast of Ghana, west of Elmina and Cape Coast. It stands as one of the many colonial-era forts and castles that were constructed by European powers between the 15th and 19th centuries along the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana), which played a pivotal role in global maritime trade—especially the transatlantic slave trade.