Linggi history

All that remains of the Dutch fort, Kota Kuala Linggi, are its 1m high walls which, during its heyday, guarded the Linggi river estuary on the Straits of Malacca.

It was apparently built by the Dutch and Bugis in 1757 following a war which was settled amicably, and then abandoned just two years later. The fort is in a prominent position on a small hill known as Bukit Supai (Sepoy). The Dutch name was Fort Filiphina after a governor’s daughter.