Anglo-Boer War Sites, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

If you don't know your history, in 1899-1902 the British Empire got a fright from South Africa, where mostly non-British whites challenged the Empire's authority in what most call the Boer War. The Brits won, but at a huge cost and only after having introduced the world to the term "concentration camp".

Story goes that Lt. Darter, in a fit of bravado and temper, wanted to strike out on his own and score one for the British Empire. He didn't make it far before he was ambushed by the Boers. For decades, this gravesite was technically a tiny slice of British territory in South Africa.

Stonehenge? No, Letterklip, just outside of Kamieskroon, South Africa. This was lookout point for the British during the war. Today it's located at the end of a dusty trail on a sheep farm. We were asked by the local tourism office to make sure and close the gates behind us as we entered and exited the site. No neon signs advertised this place, which made it all the better.

At first we thought that the rock walls had been built very recently to help protect the site from sheep and vandals......

....but the gun holes in the walls were a sobering reminder that exactly 100 years ago this was the handiwork of British soldiers.....

....who, on May 6, 1902, tried their hand at graffiti while not shooting at Boers......

We wondered if the Brits could appreciate how beautiful the place is.