Overview
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Inventory Number
3318CD366
Site Name
Van Riebeeck's Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:27
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
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Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
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This Wild almond hedge was planted in 1660 on the instructions of Jan van Riebeeck to march the boundaries of the settlement at the Cape. The two portions of the hedge which escaped destruction are the oldest declared national monuments.
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Location
Location
Mapping
-33.987562, 18.432766
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 85 & 86
Erf/Farm Portion: n/a
Address:
Unknown Klaassens Road
Newlands
Cape Town
Erf/Farm Portion: n/a
Address:
Unknown Klaassens Road
Newlands
Cape Town
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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
Not on file
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
2346
Notice Date
Notice Number
529
Deeds Number
T14472/1944, dated 16 October 1944
Diagram Number
SG 1187/44, dated 16 March 1944; and SG 1188/44, dated 16 Mar 1944
Archive Status
National monument
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