Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2723AD2
    Site Name
    The Eye, cnr Voortrekker and Fontein Streets, Kuruman
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    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
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -27.46349, 23.436194
      Northern Cape
      • John Taolo Gaetsewe
      • Ga-Segonyana
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      c/oVoortrekker&Fontien
      Kuruman
      Directions to Site
      High
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The Eye was described by Borchard's as early as 1802.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The historic Kuruman Eye Site, situated on portion of the land named Kuruman Town Commonage (now known as the Remainder of Erf 1, Kuruman) in extent 1,2561 hectares, as indicated by the figure A B C D E F G H J K on Surveyor's Diagram SG 6500/02, dated 31 August 1992, filed in the office of the Surveyor-General at Cape Town, and on File 9/2/055/4 in the office of the National Monuments Council at Cape Town.
      Deed of Transfer KF4/5, dated 26 October 1917.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      14290
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2675
      Archive Status
      National monument
      14290-2675.pdf (29.79 KB)
      Media
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