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Hi All , although I have the attached map does anyone know of a more detailed map ?

RGJ,

Is this the map you have?

angloboerwar.com/forum/13-miscellany/9024-blockhouse-map#13709

Kind regards
David

Hello RGJ

Try www.facebook.com/groups/AngloBoerWar/ - there a number of South Africans on there with a big interest in blockhouses. I suspect they could guide you to a good map.

The best account I know of is The Blockhouse System In The South African War by Bt.-Colonel E. H. Bethell, D.S.O., R.E. which was published as Paper XII in Professional Papers Of The Corps Of Royal Engineers, Vol XXX, 1904. This includes a very large folding map showing blockhouse lines and posts at the end of 1902 and also 16 plates illustrating blockhouse types and their construction.