Named for the Admi­ral who for­ti­fied the fort in 1779, safe­guard­ed St. John’s Har­bour dur­ing the eigh­teenth and nine­teenth cen­turies. Not only did the fort guard St. John’s Har­bour, but it also served as an impor­tant sig­nal sta­tion to alert forces through­out the island of impend­ing attacks. Fort Bar­ring­ton is the only fort that saw mil­i­tary action in Antigua.