Reconstructed section of an earthen and timber colonial defensive wall that marked the northern boundary of a Spanish settlement and helped protect it from attack.
General Information
How to Get There
From St. Augustine (1 mi): Travel north through the historic district on St. George Street or nearby city streets to the area near the City Gates and Castillo de San Marcos where the reconstructed Cubo Line is located.
`Overview
The Cubo Line was a Spanish defensive wall across the peninsula north of St. Augustine, built in 1704 after English forces from Carolina burned the town in 1702. It was one of several lines (with the Hornwork and Rosario lines) that helped stop later British attempts, including General James Oglethorpe's 1740 siege. Today a marked site and reconstructed earthwork and coquina gate pillars mark the line's history.
The line was rebuilt in 1718-1719 as an earthwork with three artillery redoubts (Santo Domingo, Medio Cubo, and Cubo), again in 1808 with two coquina pillars to hold gate doors, and improved in 1821 as Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
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