page_title: Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula
section_title: Dutch colonial period (1652–1795)
hierarchical_section_title: Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula / List of fortifications / Dutch colonial period (1652–1795)
caption_attribution_description: English: Model of the Amsterdam Battery. At the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.
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: 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)
caption: Model of Amsterdam Battery
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