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Anglo-Boer War blockhouse, Geelbek River, Laingsburg District

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22/06/2012

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: It is one of the best preserved examples of the blockhouses built during the Anglo-Boer War (1899—1902).
This blockhouse belongs to the type that was erected to protect key positions and especially bridges. It is a double-storeyed stone building with loopholes facing all directions. The entrance could be reached only by means of a ladder which could be withdrawn at night or during an attack, so that the attackers could not gain entry. The building was manned by a complement of thirty soldiers.
Although this blockhouse was built with the specific purpose of protecting the bridge, it also formed a link in the chain of blockhouses that ran from Wellington to Beaufort West.
Here in the Karoo this blockhouse seems unreal, but for those with a knowledge of South African history it symbolises the three-year struggle between the British and the Boers when the Republican forces penetrated into the heart of what was then the Cape Colony.
Proclaimed 1965"
Visual Description: This blockhouse stands some 14 km north of Laingsburg at a point where the national road and the railway line cross a tributary of the Buffalo River.
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Catalogue: Lillie, 1994 (a), No: 08, Significance Category:

 
 

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