Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3026DD1
    Site Name
    White Lady Cave, Rock Art, Kalkoenkrans, Aliwal North District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Friday, November 15, 2024 - 10:46
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Rock Art Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Details of Rock Art

    This cave contains very rare and important rock paintings which can be compared with those in the well- known Brandberg Cave, Brandberg, South-West Africa.

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      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -30.86704, 26.807995
      Eastern Cape
      • Joe Gqabi
      • Walter Sisulu
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 95
      Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder
      Aliwal North
      Administration of Protections
      Administration Description

      This site needs a better GPS reading - have updated it to the correct farm and assume it is somewhere in the kloof on the property
      Action Status: Requested
      Site Action: InformationUpdate

      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This cave contains very rare and important rock paintings which can be compared with those in the well-known Brandberg Cave, Brandberg, Namibia.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      A rectangular piece of land, approximately 80 feet long and 30 feet wide, including the cave, known as Cave 1 or the White Lady Cave, with the rock paintings in it, being a portion of the remainder of certsin abolished quitrent land known as Kalkoen Kraal (now known as remainder of the farm Kalkoen Kraal 95), situate in the Division of Aliwal North, and measuring, as remainder, 1,085 morgen 541 square roods.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      2590
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      3983
      Archive Status
      National monument
      2590-3983_0.pdf (12.99 KB)
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
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