An earthwork bastion projected from this corner of Frederica’s town wall, and within it stood a remarkable wooden tower fortified with gunports, with a similar tower on the opposite side of town. Visitors in 1745 and 1747 described two-story bastion towers in the northeast and southeast angles, covered and pentagonal, defended by thick earthworks, capable of lodging great numbers of soldiers or containing 100 men each to scour the flanks with small arms, and supported by cannon. Archeological investigations in 1957 confirmed these historical records: although the tower was gone, its corners were found and are marked by five posts, and musket balls, gun flints, other military artifacts, and more than 100 glass beads were recovered, suggesting that Indians may have traded with soldiers on guard duty there.