Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3026DA2
Site Name
Anglo-Boer War Blockhouse #2, off Barkly Street, Aliwal North
Site Category
Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:08
Last modified
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 - 11:02
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/006/0011
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Blockhouse
Associated People
History of use
Use Period Use
Current
Blockhouse : Anglo-Boer War
Location
Location
Mapping
-30.687586, 26.71956
KML File
BlockHouse2.kml (1.72 KB)
Eastern Cape
  • Joe Gqabi
  • Walter Sisulu
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 1
Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder
Barkly Street
Aliwal North
Owner(s)
Aliwal North Municipality
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 248096
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

This blockhouse, together with the second blockhouse on the southern side of Aliwal North, played an important strategic part during the Anglo-Boer War against the invading Republican commandos.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 217570
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

The historic blockhouse on the Western side of Aliwal North surrounded by five metres of land and situate on the remainder of Erf 1 (Town Lands), Aliwal North.

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
4052
Gazette Notice Status
Current
Notice Date
Notice Number
1907
Archive Status
National monument
4052-1907_0.pdf (10.84 KB)
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