Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2924BA1
    Site Name
    Anglo-Boer War Blockhouse, Modder River, Herbert District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -29.039158, 24.625727
      Northern Cape
      • Pixley ka Seme
      • Siyancuma
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Modder River
      Directions to Site
      High
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The blockhouse was erected in 1901 during the Anglo- Boer War by the Royal Engineers to secure the r

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The two sites, together with the historic blockhouse thereon - being Portion 5 of the Farm Klipdrift and part of Kookfontein 109, in extent 102 square metres, and a National Monument site situated on Portion 7 of the Farm Klipdrift and part of Kookfontein 109, in extent 4,0365 hectares - situated in the Administrative District of Herbert, Province of the Cape of Good Hope, indicated as the figures ABCD on Survey Diagram SG 806/1910, dated 4 July 1910, and bCDEFGHJKA on Survey Diagram SG 5017/1988, dated 20 September 1988, respectively both filed in the office of the Registrar of Deeds in Kimberley and on File 4/K/Herb/1 in the office of the National Monuments Council in Cape Town.
      Deeds of Transfer T11638/1910, dated 9 August 1910, and T318/1979, dated 3 April 1979.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      12540
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1349
      Deeds Number
      11638 dated 9 August 1910
      Diagram Number
      806/1910
      Archive Status
      National monument
      12540-1349a.pdf (65.12 KB)
      12540-1349b_1.pdf (64.78 KB)
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