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The Deëlfontein Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Sangar, located on the Britstown road near De Aar in the Northern Cape, is a stone-built defensive structure (sangar) dating to around 1900. It was constructed as part of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital complex at Deëlfontein, a field hospital established during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). The sangar served as a lookout and defensive post, likely manned by yeomanry troops to protect the hospital from Boer raids. De Aar was a key railway junction and British military base during the war, making the area strategically important. The site is a rare surviving example of a temporary field fortification from the conflict, though specific details about its construction or use are limited in published records.
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