British blockhouses of the Second 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.
See also
[edit]
- 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
[edit]- ^ 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".
