Fort Anna

Fort Anna (Benteng Anna) is a British colonial fort located in Ujung Padang, Kota Mukomuko, Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province, on the west coast of Sumatra. Built by the British East India Company around 1714, it served as a trading and defense outpost. The fort features brick walls, bastions and old cannons, and is designated as a cultural heritage site. It is notable as a remnant of British presence in western Sumatra before Dutch control.

Visitors can expect a small coastal heritage fort with preserved brick perimeter walls, corner bastions and several old cannons facing the Indian Ocean. The site is located near Mukomuko Beach in a flat coastal area with open grounds, information boards and views of the sea. The interior is largely open with ruins and grassy areas to explore on foot. It is a quiet historical site suitable for sightseeing, photography and learning about British colonial history in Bengkulu.

Fort Anna was built by the British East India Company around 1714-1717 after establishing a pepper trading post in Mukomuko. It served as a fortified trading and administrative outpost to secure British interests on the west coast of Sumatra, complementing Fort Marlborough in Bengkulu. After the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the fort and Mukomuko territory were handed over to the Dutch. The structure is now recognized as a cultural heritage site reflecting British colonial architecture and trade history in Sumatra.

The fort is a designated cultural heritage site (Cagar Budaya) and a key historical landmark for Mukomuko Regency, representing the region's colonial past and early global pepper trade. It is used for heritage education and local tourism and is valued by the community as a symbol of Mukomuko's historical identity.