View of Provost from North
Photographer: William Martinson




Circular tower
Photographer: William Martinson




Historical Monument Commission Bronze Plaque
Photographer: William Martinson




Buttressed gable end to curved cell block
Photographer: William Martinson




Buttress to North gable
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of loopholes in stone wall
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of barred cell window
Photographer: William Martinson




South elevation of curved cell block
Photographer: William Martinson




Detail of Circular tower
Photographer: William Martinson




View from West
Photographer: William Martinson




Wedge shaped exercise yard overlooked by the central tower
Photographer: William Martinson




Looking towards cell from within exercise yard
Photographer: William Martinson




Cell door
Photographer: William Martinson




Interior of cell with barrel vaulted ceiling and suspended timber floor
Photographer: William Martinson




Reconstructed spiral stair inside circular tower
Photographer: William Martinson




View of wedge shaped exercise yard from circular tower
Photographer: William Martinson




The courtyard is now the Provost Café
Photographer: Gavin Mclachlan - 2013 07 30




Seating outside
Photographer: Gavin Mclachlan - 2013 07 30




Seating outside
Photographer: Gavin Mclachlan - 2013 07 30




Seating in the courtyard
Photographer: Gavin Mclachlan - 2013 07 30




1c Stamp - 1982 07 15 from Fourth Definitive Series First Day Cover

Caption with stamp:
1c Old Provost, Grahamstown This British fortification was built by the Royal Engineers between 1836 and 1838 by order of the then governor at the Cape, Sir Benjamin D'Urban. Drawing by AH Barrett

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THE OLD FORT
DIE OU FORT

Drawing by Timlin

[TIMLIN, William M 1927: pl 17]

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Old Military Prison, Grahamstown. Valentines postcard, undated.
Submitted by Mark Finnigan via William Martinson

Photographer: Unidentified