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, 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.

Sentinel Blockhouse in Burgersdorp

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
• List of castles in Africa
• History of South Africa
• List of castles
• List of forts

References

• 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".