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Date: 1821 Type: Powder Magazine Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°29'57.16" S 26°49'16.96" E

This historic powder magazine carried 271kg gunpowder, 7 000 ball cartridges and 60 rifles. Proclaimed: 20-08-1976. (Richardson, D. 2001: 9) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Coetzee, Colin. 1995. Forts of the Eastern Cape : Securing a frontier 1799-1878. Grahamstown: Colin G Coetzee. pg 292, 294 ill Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 9