Devil's Peak Cape Town: Encyclopedia II - Devil's Peak Cape Town - Landmarks

Devil's Peak Cape Town - Landmarks

On the Eastern slopes of Devil's Peak you will find the Rhodes Memorial, to Cecil Rhodes, and the University of Cape Town. From these vantages one can gaze down upon the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town and over the sandy Cape Flats towards Stellenbosch, Somerset West and the distant Boland mountains. Other landmarks on the Eastern slopes are Mostert's Mill, Groote Schuur Hospital and the Groote Schuur estate, including a number of presidential and ministerial residences.

A number of historic military blockhouses are situated on Devil's Peak, and a number of cannons. These were intended to defend the city from attach from the South. There is an abandoned fire lookout high up on Mowbray Ridge.

About 35 years ago a formation of three military aircraft, off course and flying in dense cloud, narrowly missed the University and Rhodes Memorial and ploughed into the side of the mountain. For many years a radar reflector beacon stood on Plumpudding Hill above Rhodes Memorial to prevent similar incidents.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Landmarks", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki