Driving to and from the Kingston Airport one passes this location that appears to have remained unchanged since it first appeared in the Dr. No James Bond movie. The Rockfort Historic Fort now part of the Mineral Bath Complex (RMBC) operates as a subsidiary of the Carib Cement Company Limited under lease by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. The site is listed and gazetted by the Government of Jamaica as a national monument and was declared in 1992.
Documentary evidence does not provide the exact date for the construction of Rockfort, however there is some evidence that it was constructed around 1694, with various additions after. In 1694, it was felt that the French would advance on the Liguanea Plain from St. Thomas and the site at Rockfort was hastily fortified to bar their way, with all the original guns pointed towards St. Thomas. The importance of Rockfort as a military stronghold began to decline towards the end of the 18th century. Previously, the main road into Kingston ran through the gateway of the Fort. The only original building now standing is the magazine just to the west of the "captain's house". The captains house has been destroyed but its foundations are visible just to the north of the present house. Also visible are the foundations of the soldiers' kitchen and storehouses and of the barracks for 200 men. The structures of the Fort signify mastery in engineering, use of Jamaican building materials as well as British military construction of the period. The property was subsequently used by the Prisons Department (later the Department of Correctional Services) and was a base for German POW.