Cory Library and Historical Archives

Kaffir Drift Fort ruins

Item

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Kaffir Drift Fort ruins”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6243

Title

Kaffir Drift Fort ruins

Description

One of the first in a series of military forts built on the western side of the Great Fish River, between 1813 and 1819, it guarded a drift which was known as the ‘gateway to Kaffraria’.

Subject

Kaffir Drift -- Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Pictorial works

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018027

Creator

George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935)

Greaves, Duncan (photographer)

Type

Still Image

Provenance

Bestowed to Rhodes University by Sir George Cory

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

MS 10 542

CD 55

useGuidelines

In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

Item sets

Sir George Cory Lantern Slide Collection

Media

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George Edward Cory, Sir (1862-1935) and Greaves, Duncan (photographer), “Kaffir Drift Fort ruins”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/6243