# Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula

Dozens of fortifications were built in Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula between the 1650s and the 1940s. Most have gone, but a few still stand.

## List of fortifications

Entries in bold indicate that the building still stands, either intact or in ruins.

### Dutch colonial period (1652–1795)

17th century
* Fort de Goede Hoop (1652–1674) – Table Bay (present Grand Parade)
* Tranenborg (1652–?) – Table Bay (Salt River mouth)
* Duynhoop (1654–1672) – Table Bay (Salt River mouth)
* af:Coornhoop (1657–1662) – present-day Mowbray
* Kyckuyt (1659–1670s) – present-day Paarden Eiland
* Keert de Koe (1659–1670s) – present-day Maitland
* Houdt den Bul (1659–1663) – present-day Bishopscourt
* Ruyterwacht (1659–1660s) – present-day Rondebosch
* Santhoop (1661–?) – Table Bay (near Salt River mouth)
* Castle of Good Hope (born 1674) – Table Bay
18th century
* Chavonnes Battery (1726–1860) – Table Bay
* Fort De Knokke (1744–1926) – Table Bay
* Sea Lines (1744–1827) – Table Bay
* Imhoff Battery (1744–1896) – Table Bay (next to Castle)
* Muizenberg Fort (1740s–1827) – near present Natale Labia Art Museum
* French Lines (or Military Lines) (1781–1827) – present-day Trafalgar Park (Woodstock)
* Gordon Battery (c1781–?) – slopes of Devil's Peak
* Kloof Nek Battery (c1781–1827) – Kloof Nek (between Table Mountain and Lion's Head)
* Camps Bay Battery – present-day Camps Bay High School
* Conway Redoubt (c1781–?) – Constantia Nek
* Gilquin Battery (later West Fort) (1781–1827 – Hout Bay
* Zoutman Battery (later East Fort) (1781–1827 – Hout Bay
* Amsterdam Battery (1787–1900s) – Table Bay (near present V&A Waterfront entrance)
* Coehoorn Battery (1780s–?) – slopes of Devil's Peak
* Rogge Bay Battery (1780s–1827) – present St John's Arcade, Riebeeck Street
* Boetselaar Battery (1793–) – Simon's Town
* Zoutman Battery (later Lower North Battery) (1793–) – Simon's Town
* Klein Gibraltar (1794–1827) – Hout Bay
* Kyk in de Pot (1795–) – Table Bay (rebuilt as Fort Wynyard 1862)

### British colonial period (1795–1910)

18th century
* Craig's Tower (1795–?) – near Salt River mouth
* York Blockhouse (later Queen's Blockhouse) (1795–1827) – Devil's Peak
* King's Blockhouse (1795–1827) – Devil's Peak
* Prince of Wales's Blockhouse (1795–1827) – Devil's Peak
* Martello Tower (born 1796) – Simon's Town
19th century
* Fort Wynyard (born 1862) – Table Bay
* Craig's Battery (1880s–?) – near Salt River mouth (replaced Craig's Tower)
* Green Point Battery (1880s–1907) – Mouille Point beachfront
* Three Anchor Bay Battery (1880s–1920s) – Three Anchor Bay beachfront
* Cemetery Battery (later Queen's Battery) (1889–1943) – Simon's Town
* Noah's Ark Battery (1890–1940s) – Simon's Town
* Sea Point Battery (1891–1928) – present Sea Point Junior School site
* Lion Battery (born 1891) – Signal Hill
* Middle North Battery (born 1892) – Simon's Town
* Upper North Battery (1895–?) – Simon's Town
20th century
* Scala Battery (1906–1947) – Simon's Town

### Union/Republic of South Africa (1910–)

20th century
* King George V Battery (1914–1928) – Milnerton
* Duiker Battery (later Apostle Battery) (1940–) – Llandudno
* Cornelia Battery (1940–1944) – Robben Island (north)
* Robben Eiland Battery (later De Waal Battery) (1941–1944) – Robben Island (south)
* Docks Battery (later Duncan Battery) (1940–1946) – Table Bay