Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3224BC1
Site Name
Hyena trap, Bluegum House, Graaff-Reinet District
Site Category
Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:13
Last modified
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 10:47
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 02:00.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/033/0001-006
Primary?
Yes
Location
Location
Mapping
-31.945866, 24.849197
Eastern Cape
  • Sarah Baartman
  • Dr Beyers Naude
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Graaff-Reinet
Owner(s)
WS Loock
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:01.
Administration Description

Exact location required
Action Status: Pending
Site Action: InformationUpdate

Grading
Autoid
Grading - 248455
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 corbelled hyena trap was huilt to catch predators. It forms an important material link with the pioneering way of life in South Africa.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 218269
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

The historic hyena trap situate on certain piece of abolished quitrent land, being the Remainder of the farm Tygerfontein, now known as Bluegum House, in the Division of Graaff-Reinet, and measuring as such one thousand ine hundred and sixty (1 960) mo

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
5411
Notice Date
Notice Number
270
Archive Status
National monument
5411-270.pdf (28.44 KB)
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