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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 backdrop

Cape

Fort Armstrong, Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

Modder River restored for the Centenary

Northern Cape

Laingsburg, Western Cape

Western Cape

Bloemfontein Anglo Boer

Free State

Meyerton

Gauteng

Fort Durnford

KwaZulu Natal

Fort Hendrina

Limpopo

Mpumalanga Barberton Blockhouse

Mpumalanga

Warmbaths, Northern Province

Northern Province

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