Fort Sekondi, also called Fort Witsen on early Dutch maps, was originally a small Dutch trading lodge expanded into a stone fort by the English in 1682. For nearly two centuries it stood almost within musket-shot of Dutch Fort Orange across the bay, the two flags facing each other through war, peace, and a brisk trade in gunpowder and rum.
Today the ruin is little more than walls and the suggestion of a courtyard, with grass growing where the cannons used to be. There is no entry fee and no caretaker; locals walk through to reach the rocky shore below. Visit for the contrast with Fort Orange, and for one of the better views over the old harbour.