Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2430DA1
    Site Name
    Remains of Old Voortrekker Fort, Ohrigstad, lydenburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -24.720324, 30.569011
      Limpopo
      • Sekhukhune
      • Greater Tubatse-Fetakgomo
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Ohrigstad
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The remains of a fort built on this site before 1847 by the Voortrekkers to protect themselves and their families against possible attacks by the Bantu.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      2323
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      446
      Diagram Number
      3686/67
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings