Residential suburb near the old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_Garrison,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:St. George's Garrison, Bermuda">St. George's Garrison</a>, with <i>"Town Cut Battery"</i> or <i>"Gate's Fort"</i> in the foreground (with <i>Cut Road</i> behind it), on the northern side of the <i>Town Cut</i> shipping channel, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:St. George's, Bermuda">St. George's Town</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_Harbour,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:St. George's Harbour, Bermuda">harbour</a> in the background, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_George,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Fort George, Bermuda">Fort George</a> on the peak of <i>Mount Hill</i> beyond, and a small ship is visible docked at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Island,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Ordnance Island, Bermuda">Ordnance Island</a>, off the town square]].
The Town Cut had been a minor channel, suitable only for small vessels to enter or exit the harbour, until dredged before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" class="extiw" title="en:First World War">First World War</a>. Before then, larger vessels had used the St. George's Channel between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paget_Island,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Paget Island, Bermuda">Paget Island</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor%27s_Island,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Governor's Island, Bermuda">Governor's Island</a>, which was watched over by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Paget,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Paget, Bermuda">Fort Paget</a> (on Paget Island) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%27s_Fort,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Smith's Fort, Bermuda">Smith's Fort</a> (on Governor's Island). In the 19th Century, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Cunningham,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Cunningham, Bermuda">Fort Cunningham</a> was erected on Paget Island, making all three of the earlier batteries redundant. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Battery,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Alexandra Battery, Bermuda">Alexandra Battery</a> (at <i>Building Bay</i> on St. George's Island, immediately to the north of Cut Battery) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._David%27s_Battery,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:St. David's Battery, Bermuda">St. David's Battery</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._David%27s_Island,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:St. David's Island, Bermuda">St. David's Island</a> were later added (there were also three other forts armed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_artillery" class="extiw" title="en:Coastal artillery">coastal artillery</a> batteries to the North-West of Building Bay: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._Catherine%27s,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Fort St. Catherine's, Bermuda">Fort St. Catherine's</a> at St. Catherine's Point, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Victoria,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Victoria, Bermuda">Fort Victoria</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Albert,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Albert, Bermuda">Fort Albert</a> on Retreat Hill, to its rear). St. George's Town and the various forts and related military installations at the East End of Bermuda are together a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" class="extiw" title="en:UNESCO">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's</a> (UNESCO) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" class="extiw" title="en:World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, the  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Town_of_St_George_and_Related_Fortifications,_Bermuda" class="extiw" title="en:Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda">Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
<a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/User:(WT-en)_Legrospaum%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:User:(WT-en) Legrospaumé">(WT-en) Legrospaumé</a> at <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikivoyage:">English Wikivoyage</a>
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