![]() ![]() ![]() In 1756 construction began there on a small fascine fort known as Fort Dobbs. The eastern point of Bogue Banks was determined to be the best location from which a fort might guard the entrance to Beaufort Inlet. North Carolina leaders recognized the need for coastal defenses to prevent future attacks and began efforts to construct forts. Indeed, Beaufort was captured and plundered by the Spanish in 1747, and again by the British in 1782. Blackbeard and other pirates passed through Beaufort Inlet at will, while successive wars with Spain, France and Great Britian during the Colonial Period provided a constant threat of coastal raids by enemy warships. The danger of naval attack along the North Carolina coast seems remote now, but during the 18th and 19th centuries the region around Beaufort was highly vulnerable to attack.
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