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Blockhouse
Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal

Date:1901
Type:Blockhouse
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
28°43'54.50" S 29°21'19.00" E Alt: 1141m

Now the MOTH Blockhouse Museum.

Transcription of National Monuments Council plaque:

BLOCKHOUSE, BERGVILLE
THIS BLOCKHOUSE WAS ONE OF A SERIES BUILT
BY THE BRITISH DURING THE ANGLO-BOER WAR
IN MAY 1901 TO PROTECT THE UPPER TUGELA
DRIFTS. IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND LEFT
IN NATAL.
National Monuments Council
BLOCKHUIS, BERGVILLE
HIERDIE BLOKHUIS IS EEN VAN 'N REEKS WAT IN
MEI 1901 GEBOU IS DEUR DIE BRITTE GEDEURENDE
DIE ANGLO-BOERE-OORLOG OM DIE DRIWWE DEUR
DIE BO-TUGELA TE BESKERM. DIT IS DIE ENIGTE
VAN SY SOORT WAT IN NATAL OORGEBLY HET.
Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede
1878