Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3227CD8
    Site Name
    Old Commissariat Store, Military Reserve, King William's Town
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - 11:15
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.872838, 27.387552
      KML File
      Erf4682_1.kml (1.88 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
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This L-shaped stone building was completed in 1849, shortly before the outbreak of the Eighth Frontier War (1850-1853). It was also used in times of peace, for example to store corn during the so-called Xhosa Suicide.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The old commissariat store in the so-called Military Reserve, 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
      1076
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Deeds Number
      f Registered Government Title 554/1962
      Archive Status
      National monument
      7592-1076.pdf (31.61 KB)
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings
      SCAN0149.TIF (37.16 KB)