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Lower North Battery Simonstown, Western Cape Louis Michel THIBAULT: Architect DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY - VOC : Architect ROYAL ENGINEERS: Architect

Date: 1793 : 1861 : 1885 : 1939 : etc Client: Military Type: Military structure Status: Unknown

This site has the distinction of being the oldest armed fortification in South Africa. It has gone through many refurbishments as munitions and warfare has changed through the centuries it has been there as protection for False Bay, where it is located. Books that reference Lower North Battery Alberts, Paul. 1992. South African military buildings photographed : an historical heritage. Cape Town: The Gallery Press. pg 114, 115 ill Bisset, W.M. . 1981. 'Lower North Battery - Defended Port of Simon's Town' in Militaria Vol 11 No 4. : . pg 29