The VOC installed more than 50 cannons on hills and mountains around the Cape to form a signal gun chain that could call the Burgher Militia to defend the Cape. This signal gun chain extended from the Signal Hill, Cape Town via Durbanville to Citrusdal in the North West, Worcester in the north and via Tygerberg to Suurbraak beyond Swellendam in the east. Some of these cannons are still used to fire on our farm today, 300 years later, but only on joyful occasions. decocraftsdigicrafts
Interesting. Thank goodness we don’t really use them for their original purpose today.
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That is true!!
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Dis interessant – vernaam vir my wat so ver vanaf die Kaap bly. Dankie.
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Dit is baie interessant!
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so interesting!
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It is! I love to find out about the history of the places we visit.
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