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
18th centuryChavonnes Battery – Table Bay

British colonial period (1795–1910)

18th century
19th centuryFort Wynyard – Table Bay
20th centuryScala BatterySimon's Town

Union/Republic of South Africa (1910–)

20th century