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Inscription: Interpretive plaques removed and held by KMC
| Use Period | Use | |
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Location
Location
- King Cetshwayo
- uMlalazi
Erf/Farm Portion: & Reserve 0017/RE
Eshowe
Gradings
Grading
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
This fort was built during the Zulu War of 1879 by the forces under the command of Col. Pearson.
Declarations
Declaration
A fort situated on the Fort KwaMondi site on Eshowe Mission Station and remainder of reserve 17, 78638 situate in the district of Zululand, measuring 3,2443 acres (diagram SG1102/1967 dated May 1967, surveyed by surveyor I.K. Dunbar in February 1967.)
History: Earthwork fort constructed around the abandoned Norwegian Mission by British Army troops under Colonel Pearson in 1879, beseiged by Zulu army from 24 January 1879to 2 April 1879. A number of graves of a few British soldiers as well as several unknown graves; severallater cemeterarieshave developed adjacent to fort.
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Condition: Good
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