Blockhouses of the Second Anglo-Boer War
Fortifications built by the British Empire in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War
This is a list of blockhouses built by the British Empire in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War from 1899–1901. Of the fortifications constructed during the war, around 441 were solid masonry blockhouses,[1] many of which stand today. Different designs were used in the construction, but most were either two or three story structures built using locally quarried stone.
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Second Boer War
- Kraaipan
- Kimberley
- Talana Hill
- Elandslaagte
- 1st Ladysmith
- 2nd Ladysmith
- Belmont
- Graspan
- Modder River
- Stormberg
- Magersfontein
- Colenso
- Spion Kop
- Vaal Krantz
- Paardeberg
- Bloody Sunday
- Tugela Heights
- 3rd Ladysmith
- Poplar Grove
- Driefontein
- Sanna's Post
- Boshof
- Mafeking
- Doornkop
- Faber's Put
- Diamond Hill
- Witpoort
- 1st Elands River
- Bergendal
- Bothaville
- Leliefontein
- Nooitgedacht
- Helvetia
- Middelfontein
- Hartbeesfontein
- Groenkloof
- Modderfontein
- Blood River Poort
- Bakenlaagte
- Groenkop
- Tweebosch
- Hart's River
- Rooiwal
- Aliwal North Blockhouses (2)
- Broederstroom Blockhouse
- Burgersdorp Blockhouse
- Dewetsville Blockhouse
- Fort Harlech, Krugersdorp
- Hekpoort Blockhouse
- Hopetown Blockhouse
- Kaalfontein/Zuurfontein Blockhouse
- Modder River Blockhouse
- Noupoort Blockhouse
- Orange River Station
- Pampoennek Blockhouse
- Prieska Blockhouse
- Riversford Blockhouse
- The Reservoir Blockhouse
- The Stormberg Junction South Blockhouse
- Timeball Hill Blockhouse
- The Warrenton Railway Bridge Blockhouse
- Warmbaths Blockhouse
- Witkop Blockhouse
See also
South Africa portal
- South African Heritage Resources Agency
- South African National Museum of Military History
- Provincial heritage site (South Africa)
- Military history of South Africa
- List of castles in Africa
- History of South Africa
- List of castles
- List of forts
References
- ^ Tomlinson, Richard. "Britain's Last Castles – Masonry Blockhouses of the South African War, 1899–1902". Military History Journal. 10 (6). The South African Military History Society. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- van Vollenhoven, Anton C (December 2021) [2020]. "Anglo-Boer War Blockhouses: A military engineer's perspective by SC GreenGreenSC, Anglo-Boer War Blockhouses: A military engineer's perspective, Porcupine Press, Johannesburg, 2020, 310 pp, ISBN: 978-1-9284-5556-1". South African Journal of Cultural History. 35 (2): 204–205. doi:10.54272/sach.2021.v35n2a12. ISSN 1011-3053. S2CID 248876555.
- "South African Military History Society - Journal- BRITAin's LAST CASTLES Masonry Blockhouses of the South African War, 1899-1902".
