Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3326BD3
    Site Name
    Old Powder Magazine, Bathurst
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 15:45
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.499214330559, 26.821343239629
      KML File
      Erf391.kml (4.23 KB)
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Ndlambe
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: Erf 391; 1 Boundary road, Bathurst
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The historic powder magazine at Bathurst was erected in 1821 and carried, as regular stock, approximately 273 kilograms of gunpowder, 7 000 ball cartridges abd 60 rifles. It is an excellent example of British military architecture of the early Nineteenth Century and an important link with the history of the Eastern Province.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      A portion of Erf 391, situate in the Municipality and Administrative District of Bathurst, with the historic powder magazine thereon, being figure A B C D E A as shown on land surveyor's diagram SG 5611/66, filed at the office of the Surveyor General in Cape Town and measuring as such 27 801 square feet.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      5255
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1463
      Archive Status
      National monument
      5255-1463.pdf (11.41 KB)
      Media
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      SCAN0503.TIF (35.28 KB)