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Date: 1853 Type: Fort Status: Ruin   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°00'27.34" S 27°40'52.60" E

Fort Pato, of irregular shape and construction on an outspanning place, was situated on the Gulu (Goola) ridge about twenty-seven kilometres from Fort Murray and nearly five from the Mlanhe Buffalo River...During the Mlanjeni War [Eighth Frontier War (See Wikipedia)] additions were made to the fort from time to time so that the complex eventually, in a military point of view, extended over too large an area for the garrison which a post of that nature should accommodate. (Coetzee 1995:527) Books that reference Fort Pato Coetzee, Colin. 1995. Forts of the Eastern Cape : Securing a frontier 1799 - 1878. Grahamstown: Colin G Coetzee. pg 527, 528 ill, 529 ill