Tower Hill (Nevis)

Tower Hill
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height	332 m
location	Nevis , Leeward Islands
Coordinates	17 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 62 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 17 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 62 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W
Type	Stratovolcano

Tower Hill is a branch of Nevis Peak in the north of the island of Nevis in the Caribbean island state of St Kitts and Nevis . There used to be a plantation there.

geography

The hill is a northern branch of the central volcanic massif. The summit is 332 m , while the former plantation is at an altitude of about 133 m .

The mountain is made up of basalts that are likely to be of a similar age to Nevis Peak (3.43 Ma).

history

In 2007 (rev. 2017) the plantation was the subject of an academic work by historians in which its history was presented. Only remains of the foundations of the buildings remain today. The first evidence can be found on a map from 1848. In the 18th century there are references to the Burt family, who owned there until the 1760s. There are already records from this early period that 8 adult “whites” and 48 “Negro slaves ” lived on the plantation with “341 acres 1 rood 2 perches” . The number of slaves grew to almost 200 people over time. Other owners:

Joseph Briggs
Gillespie Brothers , London traders

JO Maloney

Charles Spooner

John Taylor

William Hyndman

Walter Maynard Pemberton

Thomas Daniel

In the 18th century there was a windmill and a steam engine on the plantation.

Individual evidence

^ Tower Hill. In: geonames.org. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
^ Tower Hill. In: geoview.info. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
^ Nevis Geology. In: Caribbean Volcanoes. March 24, 2016, accessed February 29, 2020 .
^ NC (Nevis Courthouse): Land Titles Register Book 1 , p. 138.
↑ Monique Washington: Nevisians to benefit from private owner initiative in agriculture . Announcement in The St. Kitts & Nevis Observer of July 15, 2016, thestkittsnevisobserver.com (English).

literature

Casey D. Allen: Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles . World Geomorphological Landscapes, Springer 2017, pp. 90–91. ISBN 3319557874 , 9783319557878.
David Small, Christine Eickelmann: Tower Hill Estate, Nevis. A Preliminary Chronological Account . seis.bristol.ac.uk , Bristol 2007 (PDF, English, as of 2017).

Web links

[1] Tower Hill. In: geonames.org. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .

[2] Tower Hill. In: geoview.info. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .

[3] Nevis Geology. In: Caribbean Volcanoes. March 24, 2016, accessed February 29, 2020 .

[4] NC (Nevis Courthouse): Land Titles Register Book 1 , p. 138.

[5] Monique Washington: Nevisians to benefit from private owner initiative in agriculture . Announcement in The St. Kitts & Nevis Observer of July 15, 2016, thestkittsnevisobserver.com (English).