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The Boshof Komando Staning/Verkenningspos near Luckhoff in the Free State province is a small stone sangar (reconnaissance post) dating from around 1900, during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). It was used by the Boshof Commando, a Boer military unit, as an observation and signaling position to monitor British troop movements across the arid plains of the western Free State. The site consists of a circular or semi-circular dry-stone wall enclosure, typical of sangars built by Boer forces for cover and visibility. Luckhoff itself was a small settlement established in the late 19th century, and the area saw limited but strategic skirmishes as part of the broader guerrilla phase of the war. The sangar is one of several such structures in the region, reflecting the Boer reliance on local stone and terrain for defensive positions.
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