🏰 Blockhouses of the World

These are notable blockhouses — compact private fortresses a garrison could hold alone, built to guard crossings, passes and remote frontiers from the American Indian wars and South African commandos to colonial river posts, most of them one of a kind in local memory. Each profile shows where the blockhouse stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

20 blockhouses from 5 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any blockhouse for its full profile.

Africa (1) Americas (15) Europe (4)

Africa (1 blockhouses)

Americas (15 blockhouses)

Europe (4 blockhouses)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.