About This Attraction
Originally established at Mount Coke on the banks of the Buffalo River in 1835, Fort Murry was re-founded in the vicinity during 1846-47. The fort’s main function was to guard the King William’s Town/East London road.
It is associated with a variety of historical characters, such as Col John Maclean (Chief Commissioner of British Kaffraria), who lived just outside the fort from 1848-1862.
Members of the British German Legion were housed at the fort in 1857 and the two prophetesses Nonquawuse and Nonkosi were detained there for some time after the Cattle Killing Movement.
It was abandoned in 1867 and was proclaimed a National Monument in 1977.