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On the older, now deserted, farmstead of Schuinshoogte is a very fine circular corbelled hut which was made the subject of a painting by Vera Volschenk in 1955. This painting is in the possession of the owner of the farm, Mr G S Esterhuysen, who, although he has now moved to a new homestead some distance away, still retains considerable interest in the old corbelled hut and maintains it in good condition.
The walls are 2ft. 6ins. thick and it has an internal diameter of 18ft. The usual small window opening faces the entrance, which is 3ft. 6ins. wide. At the rear of the hut are two sawn-off joists which formerly carried a loft similar to that at Konka although in this case it covered rather less than half the floor area. In the wall are a number of pegs of cow's horn. There are two full courses of projecting stones, placed closely together, and a third uppermost course of four stones only.
The hut is estimated by Mr Esterhuysen to be about a hundred years old.