Galleon Beach is on Freeman’s Bay, with a long history dating to pre-Columbian times. The rocky coast is an ancient volcanic landscape which dates back to the Oligocene epoch many millions of years ago. The present rock formations are made of layered pyroclastic and volcanic ash deposits rising steeply from the sea to create the steep hills and bays of English Harbour.
This was a marshy environment but is now filled with sediments from nearby hills. A high sand dune, behind which is a large grassy area which floods during hurricanes and large tropical storms. Ships used to be moored here for easy departure in the case of invasion.
It is now a beautiful and peaceful beach, but there are many bodies buried beneath the sand. In 2007 several mass graves were exposed, with 265 bones recovered. Most of the bodies were Caucasian who died between 1725 and 1895 and were buried in mass graves, soon after death due to the tropical heat.
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