Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica
English pirate port (1655–1692 earthquake 1692 June 7, 11:43 AM liquefaction 6.9 sec 33 acre sank)·English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses·🇯🇲 Surrey/ South East, Port Royal, Kingston Harbour spit, 1692 earthquake casco 33-acre slumped, Kingston, Jamaica
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About Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica
Port Royal Hamilton 1981, 1692 earthquake 33 acre liquefaction, 300 buildings. Recorded context — Period: English pirate port (1655–1692 earthquake 1692 June 7, 11:43 AM liquefaction 6.9 sec 33 acre sank); Culture: English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses; Field status: excavated; Materials: red brick, pottery, pewter plates, onion skin preserved; Condition: submerged — harbor silt preserves organic.
Why it mattersKey English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Elite residence
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 1655–92 port; Fort Charles 1656 Cromwell; 1692 33-acre slump
- Period
- English pirate port (1655–1692 earthquake 1692 June 7, 11:43 AM liquefaction 6.9 sec 33 acre sank)
- Culture
- English buccaneer (Port Royal 1655–92 Henry Morgan) Wickedest City 2000 brick houses
- Purpose
- Buccaneer metropolis (2000 buildings, 8,000 pop, 33 acre slipped -12 m) with Odeon Lane 300 buildings mapped by Hamilton — wickedest city 1692 quake liquefaction
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1967
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica
On the ground
Structures & features
17.9360° N · 76.8410° W · -12 m · 3 mapped features
- Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — Principal Harbourharbourharbour at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — subsidiary complex17.9374° N · 76.8391° W
- Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — Wall Annex 2wallwall at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — hydraulic feature17.9372° N · 76.8407° W
- Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — Southern Templetempletemple at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — subsidiary complex17.9361° N · 76.8426° W
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