Jacko Steps

The maroons of Jacko's camp cut high steps out of the side of the cliff surrounding Jacko Flats so as to ascend the plateau more easily. The steps were designed in a way to give security to those above and to provide control over those attempting to scale the cliff. The historian Thomas Atwood describes these steps in his book of 11791. Each step was high above the other, forcing people to pull themselves up at every stage. When the pioneer planter A. Campbell bought the land in the 1980's, he got workers to cut each step at a lower level for more easy access and he ran cables through iron loops alongside for added safety. The cables are gone but the steps may still be visited.

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