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 (1652–1674) – Table Bay (present Grand Parade)
 * Tranenborg (1652–?) – Table Bay (Salt River mouth)
 * Duynhoop (1654–1672) – Table Bay (Salt River mouth)
 * Coornhoop (1657–1662) – present-day Mowbray
 * Kyckuyt (1659–1670s) – present-day Paarden Eiland
 * Keert de Koe (1659–1670s) – present-day Maitland
 * Houdt den Bul (1659–1663) – present-day Bishopscourt
 * Ruyterwacht (1659–1660s) – present-day Rondebosch
 * Santhoop (1661–?) – Table Bay (near Salt River mouth)
 * Castle of Good Hope (born 1674) – Table Bay

18th century
 * Chavonnes Battery (1726–1860) – Table Bay
 * Fort De Knokke (1744–1926) – Table Bay
 * Sea Lines (1744–1827) – Table Bay
 * Imhoff Battery (1744–1896) – Table Bay (next to Castle)
 * Muizenberg Fort (1740s–1827) – near present Natale Labia Art Museum
 * French Lines (or Military Lines) (1781–1827) – present-day Trafalgar Park (Woodstock)
 * Gordon Battery (c1781–?) – slopes of Devil's Peak
 * Kloof Nek Battery (c1781–1827) – Kloof Nek (between Table Mountain and Lion's Head)
 * Camps Bay Battery – present-day Camps Bay High School
 * Conway Redoubt (c1781–?) – Constantia Nek
 * Gilquin Battery (later West Fort) (1781–1827 – Hout Bay
 * Zoutman Battery (later East Fort) (1781–1827 – Hout Bay
 * Amsterdam Battery (1787–1900s) – Table Bay (near present V&A Waterfront entrance)
 * Coehoorn Battery (1780s–?) – slopes of Devil's Peak
 * Rogge Bay Battery (1780s–1827) – present St John's Arcade, Riebeeck Street
 * Boetselaar Battery (1793–) – Simon's Town
 * Zoutman Battery (later Lower North Battery) (1793–) – Simon's Town
 * Klein Gibraltar (1794–1827) – Hout Bay
 * Kyk in de Pot (1795–) – Table Bay (rebuilt as Fort Wynyard 1862)

British colonial period (1795–1910)
18th century
 * Craig's Tower (1795–?) – near Salt River mouth
 * York Blockhouse (later Queen's Blockhouse) (1795–1827) – Devil's Peak
 * King's Blockhouse (1795–1827) – Devil's Peak
 * Prince of Wales's Blockhouse (1795–1827) – Devil's Peak
 * Martello Tower (born 1796) – Simon's Town

19th century
 * Fort Wynyard (born 1862) – Table Bay
 * Craig's Battery (1880s–?) – near Salt River mouth (replaced Craig's Tower)
 * Green Point Battery (1880s–1907) – Mouille Point beachfront
 * Three Anchor Bay Battery (1880s–1920s) – Three Anchor Bay beachfront
 * Cemetery Battery (later Queen's Battery) (1889–1943) – Simon's Town
 * Noah's Ark Battery (1890–1940s) – Simon's Town
 * Sea Point Battery (1891–1928) – present Sea Point Junior School site
 * Lion Battery (born 1891) – Signal Hill
 * Upper North Battery (1895–?) – Simon's Town

20th century
 * Scala Battery (1906–1947) – Simon's Town

Union/Republic of South Africa (1910–)
20th century


 * King George V Battery (1914–1928) – Milnerton
 * Duiker Battery (later Apostle Battery) (1940–) – Llandudno
 * Cornelia Battery (1940–1944) – Robben Island (north)
 * Robben Eiland Battery (later De Waal Battery) (1941–1944) – Robben Island (south)
 * Docks Battery (later Duncan Battery) (1940–1946) – Table Bay