The ruins of
Tha Byae Tan
Fortress, located at the east bank of the
Irrawaddy River (fig.),
near the old
Ava bridge
or southern bridge (fig.) to
Sagaing,southwest of Mandalay and just
north of the mouth of
the Myit Nge River near
Inwa.
It was
built under King
Mindon Min (fig.)
between 1874 and 1878 AD
to protect the Mandalaycapital
against the British during the
Third Anglo-Burmese War.