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Post date: 07/08/2012
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Situated on a knoll wiht a very good field of fire.
Situated on a knoll wiht a very good field of fire.
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History: These ruins are the remains of Fort Ahrens or Fort Perseverence, better known locally as Esikanisweni Lager. Fort Ahrens was erected in the sixties or seventies of the nineteenth century, not for military purposes, but as a refuge for the civilian population. And the farmers of the neighbourhood did in fact avail themselves of it during the Zulu War (1878-79) and the Bambatha Rebellion (1906). Most similar civilian refugees have had to give way before continuing urban expansion, with the result that these ruins are virtually unique today. They provide a remarkable link with early colonial Natal.
Fort dates from early days of Colonial Natal; remarkable as its origin does not lie in military oper
Visual Description: Constructed of stone and loopholed; also consisted of a wall, about 2m high, enclosing a rectangle o
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Construction Date: 1870c
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