Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3126DD1
    Site Name
    Hexagon, Queenstown
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -31.896023, 26.871223
      Eastern Cape
      • Chris Hani
      • Enoch Mgijima
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Hexagon
      Queenstown
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The Hexagon was originally laid out in the centre of Queenstown for defence purposes, and has remained the focal point of the town plan. The idea of this Hexagon shape originated with Commander T H Bowker, whose memorandum on the granting of farms and the establishment of Queenstown was accepted in 1853 by Sir George Cathcart, then Governor of the Cape.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The Hexagon, situated on a portion of the Remainder of Erf 1, being the original commonage granted to the Municipality of Queenstown, and described as the Hexagon: beginning at the point where the prolongation of the northern boundary of Robinson Road North, abutting Erven 4400 and 685, meets the prolongation of the boundary of Erf 2959; thence in a south-easterly direction along the boundaries of Erven 2929 and 1042 until it meets the prolongation of the boundary of Erven 1209 and 1199; thence in a south-westerly direction along the boundaries of Erven 1199, 1209 and 4447 to the prolongation of the boundaries of Erven 550 and 3694; thence in a westerly direction along the boundaries of Erven 3694 and 550 until it meets the prolongation of the boundary of Erf 472; thence in a northerly direction along the boundaries of Erven 472, 410 and 416 until it meets the prolongation of the boundaries of Erven 360 and 3697; thence in a north-easterly direction along the boundaries of Erven 3697, 360, 365, 367, 3819 and 242 until it meets the prolongation of the boundaries of Erven 685 and 4400; thence in an easterly direction along the boundaries of Erven 4400 and 685 until it meets the point first named, but so as to exclude the areas contained within the blocks of erven bounded by Erven 673, 652, 2782, by 651, 2639, 2643 and 2299, by 2659, 601 and 4647, by 3238, 578, 3035 AND 573, by 3023, 394, 397 and 409, by 368, 388, 4396 and 379, and by the remaining area which is coloured dark on the plan filed in the Deeds Office and the office of the National Monuments Council.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6861
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      317
      Archive Status
      National monument
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