Fort Brown Fort Brown, Eastern Cape Architect: John HARVEY

Watch Tower Photographer: Lu-Gerda de Klerk

Date: 1835 Type: Fort Status: Extant

Coordinates: 33°07'48.02" S 26°37'03.36" E Alt: 280m

Notes: Lt. Col. G. Lewis, the Commanding Officer of the Royal Engineers at the Cape, drew plans for fortified barracks at Hermanus Kraal. A young officer, William Jervois, was appointed to in 1841 to carry out the work. Hermanus Kraal was later renamed to Fort Brown after Lt Brown of the 75th Regiment who was in command during the war of 1835. Fort Brown consisted of a group of buildings surrounded by a high stone wall. At the corner was a tower of about 3.5 meters for mounting a gun. Under the floor there was a power magazine and on the roof a cannon that could be swiveled round. After years of neglect this gun tower and a few walls are all that remained. It was declared a National Heritage Site in 1938. (Lu-Gerda de Klerk)

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NMC plaque and medal Photographer: Roger Fisher Vaulted room Photographer: Roger Fisher Vaulted room Photographer: Roger Fisher Detail of roof vault Photographer: Roger Fisher Loop hole Photographer: Roger Fisher Loop hole Photographer: Roger Fisher Spiral stair Photographer: Roger Fisher Gun turret showing the fulcrum on which the gun carriage revolved Photographer: Roger Fisher Gun turret Photographer: Roger Fisher Entrance to store Photographer: Roger Fisher Interior of tower Photographer: Roger Fisher Entrance to tower Photographer: Roger Fisher Watch (Picket) Tower Photographer: Roger Fisher Rail bridge Photographer: Roger Fisher Road bridge Photographer: Roger Fisher View from tower Photographer: Roger Fisher Loop holes Photographer: Lu-Gerda de Klerk Watch Tower Photographer: Lu-Gerda de Klerk Watch Tower Photographer: Lu-Gerda de Klerk