With the coming of the American Revolutionary War, the church was enclosed by a log stockade in 1777.
Originally, a log stockade was directly behind the house and served as the holding cell for prisoners.
The new commander replaced the log stockade with a stone compound.
In Fort Massapeag's case, the listing commemorates a 100-foot-square log stockade, now long vanished.
The first building constructed by European settlers was a log stockade called Fort Visalia.
They cleared the land and built a log stockade they called the Bluff station.
A log stockade also known as Fort Lawson (2).
A six-foot log stockade sourrounded three sides, with the river side being protected by the steep bank.
It consisted of a log stockade, with a few log cabins inside, where nearby settlers took refuge in event of attack.
On March 4, a Dahomey army of several thousand charged the log stockade around Cotonou at approximately 5 in the morning.