Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3320BB2
    Site Name
    Anglo-Boer War blockhouse, Geelbek River, Laingsburg District
    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
      -33.175563, 20.985507
      Western Cape
      • Central Karoo
      • Laingsburg
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 108
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      A very fine example of the blockhouses erected during the Anglo-Boer War.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Certain piece of perpetual quitrent land, in extent 7 square roods 16 square feet, situate in the division of Laingsburg, province of the Cape of Good Hope, being Blockhouse Lot No. 2, a portion of the farm Fabers Kraal

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      1155
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      927
      Deeds Number
      T6598/1906, dated 23 July 1906
      Archive Status
      National monument
      1155-927.pdf (13.13 KB)
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