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Date: c1847 Type: Fort Status: Ruin   Click to view map Coordinates: 32°56'32.43" S 27°28'17.45" E Alt: 342m

Fort Murray was a permanent fortification of stone buildings with thatched roofs. Accommodation: Officers 5 NCOs and Privates 40 Cape Mounted Rifles 10 Horses Officers 4 Troop 10 Restoration of the fort started in 1976 being completed in May 1977. By August 1995 the fort was vandalised and totally destroyed. (Coetzee 1995) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Fort Murray - Second Coetzee, Colin. 1995. Forts of the Eastern Cape : Securing a frontier 1799 - 1878. Grahamstown: Colin G Coetzee. pg 442, 446-447 ill, 532 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1971. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 4 Dev-For. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 652 Webb, DA. 1985. Fortifications in the Province of Queen Adelaide and British Kaffraria 1835-1866. : Unpublished Thesis - University of South Africa. pg 33