The Dutch initially established a lodge at Senya Beraku in the 1660s, but it was abandoned after the British built a fort at nearby
Winneba. In 1704, the Dutch requested and received permission from the Queen of Agona to construct a fort at Senya Beraku, primarily for the gold trade with Akim. The original fort was triangular, known as Fort de Goede Hoop. By 1715 it was expanded into a rectangular fort with four bastions and a slave prison in the southwest bastion. An outer defensive wall was added in the late 18th century. In 1782, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, British Captain
Thomas Shirley captured Fort Goede Hoop along with several other Dutch forts on the Gold Coast. The fort remained under temporary British occupation until 1785. Between 1811 and 1816, the local Akim people briefly controlled the fort before it returned to Dutch administration. In 1868, it was ceded to the United Kingdom under the
Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty (1867). == Physical features ==