Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130501035509/@comment-10993011-20150708064737

We could assume so. I don't think much of Arena is considered canon, but you got to remember there's a 204 year time span between Arena and Skyrim; those little towns could very well be nothing but ruined forts by the time of Skyrim.

There are other forts in Skyrim that are named after these villages including Fort Dunstad, Fort Greenwall, Fort Sunguard, and Fort Snowhawk. There's also Forts Neugard and Greymoor that are very similar to Black Moor and Nevgard. I'm more in favor of the forts being homages to Arena.