This was the sixth in a series of wooden forts that guarded St. Augustine before the construction of the stone Castillo de San Marcos in the late 17th Century. The constuction began on Juan de Pinos, hen word reached the town that Drake had captured and sacked Santo Domingo in early 1586. This fort was situated specifically to guard the St. Augustine inlet. Although hastily constructed, evidently the earthworks were not yet completed when Drake's fleet arrived a few months later, it did prove effective is slowing the attack. The English were forced to dismount shipboard cannon and lay seige to the fort before lauching their attack on the village itself, giving the townspeople a chance to escape off into the woods.
North is to the right.
The fort is thought to have been located at what is today the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park. B. The place where the Pinnaces and Ship's boats did set us on shore. C. A Beacon or high scafold standing on the sand hills, wherein the Spaniards did use to discover ships at sea. The way which our army marched along the sand by the sea side towards their fort. North is towards the right of this page.