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The Sion Hillock Fort is a fort in Mumbai (Bombay), India. It was built under the regime of the English East India Company, between 1669 and 1677, atop a conical hillock when Gerard Aungier was the Governor of Bombay. It was notified in 1925 as a Grade I Heritage structure.^[1] When it was built, the fort marked the boundary between British-held Parel island and the Portuguese held Salsette Island that lay to the north across the creek.^[2]

The hillock is situated 500 metres from the Sion railway station.^[3] At the base of the hill is the Mumbai Circle office of the Archaeological Survey of India,^[4] and a garden – the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyan. Nearby forts include the Riwa Fort and Sewri Fort.

The fort is dilapidated and a collection of broken stone steps, scattered walls and ruins, overrun by trees and ground cover. The fort wall has a small room on top. A series of pathways lead to it. The fort offers a panoramic view, overlooking the salt pans in the Thane Creek. However vandalism and apathy have taken their toll on the structure. Restoration of the fort had begun in 2009 but was stopped mid-way due to paucity of funds.^[2]

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The fort together with all ancient Portuguese remains of buildings situated to the north, east and south-east sides of the hill
Fort walls
Fort walls
Fort walls
fort of Sion ancient Portuguese remains at Sion Fort
The fort
A Canon at the Fort
The fort on the hill

References

^ Documentation Update: April 2005 to March 2006. Equitable Tourism Options (Equations). 2006. p. 136.
^ ^a ^b "Plan to beautify Sion Fort hits roadblock". Hindustan Times. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Sion fort to get back old glory". The Times of India. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
^ "Mumbai Circle". Archeological Survey of India. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

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v t e Forts around Mumbai
Bassein Fort Belapur Fort Bombay Castle Castella de Aguada Dongri Fort Fort George Madh Fort Mahim Fort Mazagon Fort Riwa Fort Sewri Fort Sion Hillock Fort English Fort of Bombay Worli Fort

v t e Forts in India
Ahom dynasty	Talatal Ghar Kareng Ghar Rang Ghar Garchuk Lachit Garh
Bahmani Sultanate	Bidar Gulbarga
British Raj	Anchuthengu St. George William Bombay Riwa Worli Mazagon Sion Hillock Sewri Mahim Tellicherry St. David
Deccan sultanates	Ahmednagar Daulatabad Gawilghur Golconda Jalna Fort(Mastgarh) Narnala Panhala
Delhi Sultanate	Aligarh Bandhavgarh Hathras Qila Mubarak Siri Tughlaqabad Salimgarh
Eastern Ganga dynasty	Barabati Raibania
Faruqi dynasty	Asirgarh Laling Thalner
Gujarat Sultanate	Bhadra
Jat	Bawana Fort Gohad Lohagarh Nahar Singh Mahal
Kakatiya dynasty	Warangal
Kingdom of Mysore	Devanahalli Palakkad Bekal Sankagiri
Malwa Sultanate	Mandsaur Mandavgadh
Maratha Empire	Dongri Harishchandragad Kolaba Lohagad Sudhagad Sinhagad Tikona Panhala Pratapgad Vishalgad Rajgad Sindhudurg Vijaydurg Shivneri Raigad Gajendragarh Gingee Shaniwar Wada Jhansi Hinglajgarh Manora Visapur Sadashivgad
Mughal Empire	Purana Qila Chanderi Agra Allahabad Fatehpur Sikri Red Akola Hari Parbat Fort Ramnagar
Nayak dynasty	Chitradurga Bekal Dindigul Gingee Tiruchirapalli Rock Chandragiri Fort Hosdurg
Portuguese	Bassein Fort Bombay Castle Mahim Arnala Castella de Aguada Diu Fort Surat Castle Fortim do Mar, Diu Fortim do Mar, Simbor Emmanuel Fort Anjediva Korlai Madh Fort St Thomas, Tangasseri St. Angelo Pallipuram Aguada Fort Tiracol Anjediva Cranganore Ghodbunder Fortaleza de Chaul Ponda Fort Chapora Fort Fortaleza de São Sebastião de Tivim Cabo de Rama Corjuem Fort Mormugão fort Rachol Fort Fort of São Tiago of Banastarim
Rajputs	Achalgarh Amber Bhangarh Chittor Jaigarh Jaisalmer Jalore Junagarh Kankwadi Kumbhalgarh Nahargarh Qila Rai Pithora Taragarh Lal Kot Gwalior Kalinjar Hinglajgarh Mehrangarh Narwar Senapati fortress Sabalgarh Bahu Kangra Ranthambore Bhatner fort
Sikh Empire	Kamlah
Siddi	Murud-Janjira Belapur Underi
Sur Empire	Chunar Rohtasgarh Munger
Travancore	Vattakottai Udayagiri East
Vijayanagara	Chandragiri Gingee Bangalore Udayagiri Vellore

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