Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3227CD7
Site Name
Old Powder Magazine, Military Reserve, King William's Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 11:08
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-32.872522, 27.387532
KML File
Erf4682_3.kml (1.58 KB)
Eastern Cape
- Buffalo City
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: Erf change from 511 to 4682, King William's Town
Directions to Site
IN SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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 powder magazine is one of the largest and best preserved examples of its kind in South Africa. It was probably erected in two stages, namely between 1852 and 1862 and between 1864 and 1875.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The old powder magazine in the so-called Military Reserve being situated on Erf 511, King William's Town, in the Municipality and Division of King William's Town, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
7592
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
1072
Archive Status
National monument
7592-1072.pdf (33.56 KB)
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings
Royal Engineers maps-36-001-jpeg.pdf (17.63 MB)
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