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{{Infobox Military Structure
|name = Fort Pyl
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|location = [[Elephant Pass]], [[Sri Lanka]]
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|map_type = Sri Lanka Northern Province
|map_size = 300
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|type =  Defence [[fort]]
|coordinates ={{Coord|9.589170|N|80.444578|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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|builder = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]
|materials = [[Granite]] [[rock (geology)|Stones]]
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|condition = Destroyed
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|battles = Many
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'''Fort Pyl''' ({{langx|si|පෙයිල් බලකොටුව}} ''Peyil Balakotuwa'') or '''Fort Pass Pyl'''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4_domy-aYsC&pg=PA50 | title=A Hand Book to the Jaffna Peninsula and a Souvenir of the Opening of the Railway to the North | author=Katiresu, Subramanier | year=2004 | pages=50}}</ref> ({{langx|ta|பைல் கடவைக் கோட்டை|translit=Pail Kaṭavaik Kōṭṭai}}; {{langx|si|පෙයිල් පාස් බලකොටුව}} ''Peyil Pas Balakotuwa'') was a small fort in the [[Elephant Pass Fort]] areas, which is narrow part of the [[Jaffna peninsula]]. The fort was located in line with two other forts, [[Elephant Pass fort]] and [[Fort Beschutter]], in order to protect Jaffna peninsula from attacks originating from the mainland.<ref>{{cite book | title=Memoir of Hendrick Swaardecroon | author=Swaardecroon, Hendrick | others=Sophia Pieters | publisher=Government Printer, Ceylon. Colombo}}</ref>
The square-shaped fort built as similar to Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter. It was destroyed and no evidence of the fort is visible today.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://amazinglanka.com/wp/pyl-beschutter/ | title=Fort Pyl & Fort Beschutter | accessdate=11 November 2014}}</ref>
== References ==
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* {{cite book|title=The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – The Military Monuments of Ceylon|author1=Nelson, W. A.|author2=de Silva, R. K.|publisher=Sri Lanka Netherlands Association|date=2004}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.voc-sri-lanka.nl/VOC-SRI-LANKA.NL/Elephant_Pass_Pyl_Beschutter.html Fort Pyl & Fort Beschutter]
{{Forts in Sri Lanka}}
[[Category:Dutch forts in Sri Lanka|Pyl]]
[[Category:Forts in Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Pyl]]