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- West Rand
- Merafong City
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According to tradition this stone fort was built by the Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hendrik Potgieter. It was presumably erected in 1842 to serve as a shelter for the women and children in case the men had to leave for Port Natal to assist the Vootrekkers there against a British invasion.
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Declaration
The property with the alleged Voortrekker fort thereon, described as follows: The figure ABCDEFGHJA represents 7 740 square metres of land, being a proclaimed area over Portion 18 of the farm Elandsfontein 144 IQ, Province of the Transvaal, as shown on Surveyor's Diagram SG A482/82, dated 2 April 1982, and filed in the Office of the Surveyor-General in Pretoria.
Deed of Transfer T33659/1977, dated 21 November 1977.
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