NRHP Reference #81000639 Designated VLROctober 21, 1980 Area3 ha Added to NRHP3 February 1981
Location100 Brockwell Lane, Colonial Heights, Virginia Address100 Brockwell Ln, Colonial Heights, VA 23834, USA SimilarViolet Bank Museum, White Bank Park, Colonial Heights Parks & R, Ellerslie, Southpark Mall
Fort Clifton Archeological Site is a historic American Civil War fort archaeological site located at Fort Clifton Park, Colonial Heights, Virginia. The park is the site of Fort Clifton on the Appomattox River where five Union ships sailed on Confederate troops on June 11, 1864. The Confederate Battery, with cannon emplacements, remained in Confederate hands as the cannons drove the Union attackers away. The park has earthworks that criss-cross the property. Fort Clifton Park has hiking trails and Civil War campaign signage on site.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.