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
About
About Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica
Port Royal Hamilton 1981, 1692 earthquake 33 acre liquefaction, 300 buildings.
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 Harbour
harbourharbour at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — subsidiary complex
17.9374° N · 76.8391° WPort Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — Wall Annex 2
wallwall at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — hydraulic feature
17.9372° N · 76.8407° WPort Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — Southern Temple
templetemple at Port Royal — Jamaican Pirate City Earthquake Slump Jamaica — subsidiary complex
17.9361° N · 76.8426° W