Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts

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dc.contributor.advisorHall, Martinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSeemann, Ute Aen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-01T07:10:24Z
dc.date.available2016-09-01T07:10:24Z
dc.date.issued1993en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 377-393.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractToday there are the known remains of some fifteen or so forts and redoubts left which were built in the period under review. These are: Today there are the known remains of some fifteen or so forts and redoubts left which were built in the period under review. These are: Hout Bay - East and West Fort, Fort Klein Gibraltar, Conway Redoubt on Constantia Nek, Kyk-in-de-pot Battery, which became Fort Wynyard , Amsterdam Battery, Central Redoubt and Hollands Redoubt in Woodstock, King's, Queen's and Prince of Wales' Blockhouses, York Redoubt on Devil's Peak, Muizenberg - High and Low Batteries, 2 Magazines and several defence lines on the mountain side between the Main Road and Boyes Drive, Simon's Town - North and South Batteries. For various reasons, including a great interest in developing the sites as open-air museums, the Hout Bay forts were chosen for an archaeological investigation. They were found to yield data encompassing the whole period from 1781 to 1829, a constant occupation of about fifty years. The forts' buildings are reasonably well preserved. But as already experienced from the Amsterdam Battery excavation, the artefactual remains connected with the people stationed there were few. Some aspects of their daily lives and their interaction with the civilians in the area can be gleaned from documentary evidence and will be presented. This study is by no means comprehensive. The aim was to initiate the first phase of a study of military installations in the Cape Peninsula.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSeemann, U. A. (1993). <i>Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21618en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSeemann, Ute A. <i>"Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21618en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSeemann, U. 1993. Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Seemann, Ute A AB - Today there are the known remains of some fifteen or so forts and redoubts left which were built in the period under review. These are: Today there are the known remains of some fifteen or so forts and redoubts left which were built in the period under review. These are: Hout Bay - East and West Fort, Fort Klein Gibraltar, Conway Redoubt on Constantia Nek, Kyk-in-de-pot Battery, which became Fort Wynyard , Amsterdam Battery, Central Redoubt and Hollands Redoubt in Woodstock, King's, Queen's and Prince of Wales' Blockhouses, York Redoubt on Devil's Peak, Muizenberg - High and Low Batteries, 2 Magazines and several defence lines on the mountain side between the Main Road and Boyes Drive, Simon's Town - North and South Batteries. For various reasons, including a great interest in developing the sites as open-air museums, the Hout Bay forts were chosen for an archaeological investigation. They were found to yield data encompassing the whole period from 1781 to 1829, a constant occupation of about fifty years. The forts' buildings are reasonably well preserved. But as already experienced from the Amsterdam Battery excavation, the artefactual remains connected with the people stationed there were few. Some aspects of their daily lives and their interaction with the civilians in the area can be gleaned from documentary evidence and will be presented. This study is by no means comprehensive. The aim was to initiate the first phase of a study of military installations in the Cape Peninsula. DA - 1993 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1993 T1 - Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts TI - Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21618 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSeemann UA. Forts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay forts. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1993 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21618en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherArchaeologyen_ZA
dc.titleForts and fortifications at the Cape Peninsula 1781-1829 : a survey of defence works with special references to the Hout Bay fortsen_ZA
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