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At the level of the lower cable station on Table Mountain, a road traverses the entire width of Table Mountain. The photograph opposite shows Queens block house (centre picture) which lies below the road. To the left of the ruined building is a terre plein on which one can see a dismounted 24 pounder gun. The Block House was named after George III's Queen Sophia Charlotte. |
Queens Block House will remain a ruin but should be preserved as part of the Military History Trail which would be created to link the sites. Strangely it was probably the most impressive of the three block houses but the ravages of time have left it in ruins for more than a century. Road access to the site is very difficult and it is unlikely that services could ever be supplied to the site. |
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The unmounted 24 pdr Stavsjö gun can be seen on the terre plein which was bounded by a barbette wall. |
