List of castles and fortifications in South Africa

This is a list of former and current castles and fortifications in South Africa and contains historical fortifications, military instillations, mock castles and Manor Houses, that may be referred to as "castles".

A fortification or Fort is easily identifiable as a structure built purely for defensive purposes, however a castle is slightly more subjective. The historical term castle refers to a Fortification that was also a seat of power and governance over the local area, the modern term might refer to a Manor House, a Châteaux or a Mansion and is more a matter of semantics. The castles will be discussed by province.

Eastern Cape +Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageFort ArmstrongKat River1836Fort BeaufortFort Beaufort1839Cock's CastlePort AlfredAbout 1840Fort CoxMiddledrift1835Fort FrederickGqeberha1799Fort GlamorganEast London1848Fort HareAlice1835Fort MurrayKing Williams Town1835Fort PeddiePeddie1835Fort SelwynGrahamstown1836Soffiantini's CastleEast London1951Fort WhiteKing Williams Town1835

Free State +Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageFort BloemfonteinBloemfontein1848Camelot CastleClarensClarens CastleClarensDestiny CastleFouriesburgDeneysville CastleDeneysvilleFort DruryBloemfontein1846Harrismith BlockhouseHarrismithJacobsdal BlockhouseJacobsdalNaval HillBloemfonteinRiverford BlockhouseBloemfonteinOld PresidencyBloemfontein1860Oliewen HouseBloemfontein1941Castle of PhilippolisPhilippolis1800s

Gauteng

Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageArkleton HousePretoriaBarton KeepPretoria1886Bronberg CastlePretoriaBrooks HouseBrooklyn1925Castle da AngeloWestern PretoriaCastle Inn ResortCullinanErasmus CastlePretoria1892Foxwood HouseJohannesburgGothic CastlePretoria EastGovernment HousePretoria1906Johannesburg FortJohannesburg1899Kensington CastleKensington1911Fort KlapperkopPretoria1898Castle KyalamiJohannesburg1992Mahlamba NdlopfuPretoria1940Melrose HousePretoria1886The Moors CastleKrugersdorpOu RaadsaalPretoria1891Palace of JusticePretoria1897Parktown ManionsJohannesburgAfter 1894Parkview CastleJohannesburg1907Royal JonticaPretoriaFort SchanskopPretoria1897Smuts HouseIrene1909Sorex EstateCenturionStone CastleJohannesburgThe CullinanJohannesburg1910Three Castles BuildingJohannesburg1899Villa D'EsteSaxonwoldWestfortPretoria1898Witkop BlockhouseJohannesburg1900Fort WonderboompoortPretoria1897Yadah CastleCenturionYukon HouseJohannesburg1911Zwartkoppies HallPretoria1886

Kwazulu-Natal +Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageFort AmielNewcastle1896Coedmore CastleDurban1875Castle HotelHowickBefore 1900Botha HousePenningtonFort DurnfordEstcourt1875King's HouseDurban1904Fort MistakeDundeeFort NongqayiEshowe1883Fort NottinghamNottingham1856Stratford CastleDurbanStonehaven CastleHillcrestbefore 1923

Limpopo +Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageFort BothaLouis Trichardt19th CenturyFort EdwardMakhado19th CenturyCastle de WildtModimolleFort HendrinaLouis TrichardtMade in 1888Fort Louis CampbellPolokwane19th CenturyMapungubweMusina10th CenturySchoemansdal FortSchoemandal

Mpumalanga +Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageFort BurgerBurgersfort1876Flycatcher CastleGraskopFort MerenskyMiddelburg1865Voortrekker FortOhrigstad1847Fort WeeberSekhukhune

North West

+Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageBoekenhoutfonteinRustenburg1860sCamelotte CastleHartebeestpoortExcalibur CastleRustenburgFountain VillaKlerksdorpPotchefstroom FortPotchefstroomRectors ResidencePotchefstroom19th centuryVoortrekker FortPotchefstroomCannon Kopje FortMafikeng

Northern Cape

+Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageCarnarvon BlockhouseCarnarvonDaniëlskuil BlockhouseDaniëlskuilDie KasteelHartswaterHospital Hill BlockhouseNoupoortLeeu-Gamka BlockhouseLeeu-GamkaLetterklipNamaqualand1901McGregor HouseKimberleyPrieska Kopje BlockhousePrieska

Western Cape +Castle or FortificationLocationDateImageBygracealone ManorGeorgeCape Town City HallCape Town1905Casa LabiaMuizenberg1930Castle of Good HoopeCape Town1670sCastle on the CliffPlettenberg BayCastle on the HillBainskloof PassAbout 1941Celtic CastleGordon's BayColona Castle MuizenbergDevon CastleStellenboschDunn's CastlePiketberg1890sEast FortHout Bay1782Elsenburg HouseStellenbosch1754English FortMontagu1875-1877Fort de Goede HoopCape Town1652Redoubt DuijnhoopCape Town1654George Victorian HotelGeorge1815Greylands Ostrich PalaceOudtshoornGottland PalaceOudtshoornGrosvenor HouseStellenbosch1803Hawthorndon HouseWynberg1683Herstein CastleStellenbosch1980sHet Vlock KasteelRiebeek-KasteelLanserac HouseStellenbosch1830Le Roux TownhouseOudtshoorn1909Lichtenstein CastleHout Bay1986-1998 Lord Milner HotelMatjiesfontein1884Noetzie CastlesKnysnaAfter 1930Pinehurst MansionOudtshoorn1911Robben Island FortsRobben Island1940sRus in Urbe MansionOudtshoorn1902SandenburgCape Town1640sFort SimonStellenbosch1997Somerset HospitalCape Town1864Stone CastleSaldanhaKnysna FortKnysna1899Veretti CastleMossel Bay2004Vergelegen EstateSomerset West1700Villa Anna KatarinaRiebeek-KasteelWelgeluk Ostrich PalaceOudtshoorn1910West FortHout Bay

Townhouses in Cape Town +BuildingLocationDateImageBertram HouseGardens1854Genadendal ResidenceRondebosch18th Century Groot ConstantiaConstantia17th CenturyGroote SchuurRondebosch18th CenturyJan de Waal HouseCity BowlKoopmans-de Wet HouseCity Bowl1701LeeuwenhofGardens1788Leinster HallGardensMartin Melck HouseCity Bowl1781Ravenswood HouseCity BowlRust en VreugdCity Bowl18th CenturySaasveld HouseGardensTuynhuysCity Bowl1682WelgemeendGardens

Blockhouses of the Second Anglo-Boer War

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 African Heritage Resources Agency South African National Museum of Military History Provincial heritage site (South Africa) Military history of South Africa Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula List of castles in Africa History of South Africa List of castles List of forts

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