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Klipskans teen Prieska Koppie is a stone-built sangar (reconnaissance post) located on a hill (koppie) near Prieska in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The site dates to around 1900, during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). It features three stone-packed loopholes (skietgate) and a long stone wall, characteristic of British blockhouses and defensive positions built to secure strategic vantage points. Prieska was a key location during the war, serving as a supply depot and railway junction for British forces operating in the northern Cape. The sangar was likely part of a network of observation posts used to monitor Boer movements across the arid landscape.

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