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Eastern Cape

Fort Armstrong, Eastern Cape

Fort Armstrong, near Adelaide. Dating from the Frontier Wars.

Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape

Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape. Built 1822. A Martello tower, north of Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, dating from the Eastern Frontier Wars.

Fort Frederick, Eastern Cape

Fort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
Erected on the shores of Algoa Bay in 1798 to keep away French invaders.

Fort Peddie, Eastern Cape

Fort Peddie, East of Grahamstown. Built in 1841 to protect the Fingo people. In 1846 it withstood a siege by 9,000 warriors.
Photo taken in 1964.

Harrismith, Eastern Cape

Harrismith. ABW blockhouse. A friend had planned to move it to PMB, but didn’t finish.
Photo taken in 1975.

Knysna Fort, Eastern Cape

Knysna Fort, Eastern Cape. Named “Thomson’s Folly”. The southern-most ABW fort in the country. Little remains.

Stormberg Junction, Eastern Cape
Stormberg Junction, Eastern Cape

Stormberg Junction. Molteno area.

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