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 – Table Bay
- Tranenborg – Table Bay
- Duynhoop – Table Bay
- :af:Coornhoop – present-day Mowbray
- Kyckuyt – present-day Paarden Eiland
- Keert de Koe – present-day Maitland
- Houdt den Bul – present-day Bishopscourt
- Ruyterwacht – present-day Rondebosch
- Santhoop – Table Bay Castle of Good Hope – Table Bay
- Fort De Knokke – Table Bay
- Sea Lines – Table Bay
- Imhoff Battery – Table Bay
- Muizenberg Fort – near present Natale Labia Art MuseumFrench Lines – present-day Trafalgar Park
- Gordon Battery – slopes of Devil's Peak
- Kloof Nek Battery – Kloof Nek
- Camps Bay Battery – present-day Camps Bay High SchoolConway Redoubt – Constantia NekGilquin Battery – Table Bay
- Coehoorn Battery – slopes of Devil's Peak
- Rogge Bay Battery – present St John's Arcade, Riebeeck Street
- Boetselaar Battery – Simon's TownZoutman Battery – Simon's TownKlein Gibraltar – Hout Bay
- Kyk in de Pot – Table Bay
British colonial period (1795–1910)
18th century- Craig's Tower – near Salt River mouthYork Blockhouse – Devil's PeakKing's Blockhouse – Devil's PeakPrince of Wales's Blockhouse – Devil's PeakMartello Tower – Simon's Town
- Craig's Battery – near Salt River mouth
- Green Point Battery – Mouille Point beachfront
- Three Anchor Bay Battery – Three Anchor Bay beachfrontCemetery Battery – Simon's TownNoah's Ark Battery – Simon's TownSea Point Battery – present Sea Point Junior School siteLion Battery – Signal HillMiddle North Battery – Simon's TownUpper North Battery – Simon's Town
Union/Republic of South Africa (1910–)
20th century- King George V Battery – Milnerton
- Duiker Battery – LlandudnoCornelia Battery – Robben Island
- Robben Eiland Battery – Robben Island
- Docks Battery – Table Bay