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Forts and blockhouses

All over South Africa you will find an amazing assortment of fortifications, not just from the Anglo-Boer War period, when Kitchener caused blockhouses to be built, mainly to protect bridges. Over the years Midge has taken photos of many of these, some now gone.

 

The 5-pointed-star shaped Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, with Table Mountain as a backdropCape
Fort Armstrong, Eastern Cape Eastern Cape
Modder River restored for the Centenary Northern Cape
Laingsburg, Western Cape Western Cape

 

Bloemfontein Anglo BoerFree State
MeyertonGauteng
Fort DurnfordKwaZulu Natal
Fort HendrinaLimpopo

 

Mpumalanga Barberton BlockhouseMpumalanga
Warmbaths, Northern ProvinceNorthern Province

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