British blockhouses of the Second Boer War

See also: British response to Guerrilla warfare during 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.

• 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

Sentinel Blockhouse in Burgersdorp

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

1. 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".