Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3420AC9
Site Name
Charcoal kiln, Voorhuis, Swellendam District
Site Category
Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:23
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/092/0014
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Charcoal kiln
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-34.060027, 20.335822
Western Cape
  • Overberg
  • Swellendam
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249273
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 charcoal oven was built about the middle of the 18th century by Hermanus Steyn and is the oldest known structure of its kind in South Africa.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 219579
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
3483
Notice Date
Notice Number
726
Deeds Number
Deed of Transfer 9467/1961, dated 11 July 1961
Archive Status
National monument
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