page_title: Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula
section_title: British colonial period (1795–1910)
hierarchical_section_title: Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula / List of fortifications / British colonial period (1795–1910)
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Die Koning se blokhuis teen Mowbrayrif van Duiwelspiek, dateer van 1796. Hierdie klein fort is vernoem na koning George III, en kon seine stuur na laer geleë blokhuise omtrent skepe in Valsbaai. Dit is geleë naby Tafelberg in Kaapstad, Suid-Afrika. English: The King's Blockhouse on Mowbray Ridge of Devil's Peak, was built in 1796. The small fort was named after king George III, and could signal observations of ships in False Bay to blockhouses lower down. It is situated near Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.[1][2]
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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
caption: King's Blockhouse on Devil's Peak
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