Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2229AA1
Site Name
Fosillised Footprints, Pontdrift, Soutpansberg District
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:30
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 02:00.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Site Recording Admin Comments
Archive Import
Primary?
Yes
Location
Location
Mapping
-22.22893, 29.154647
Limpopo
- Vhembe
- Musina
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
These fossilised reptile footprints occur in sandstone where there was a dune in earlier times which was later covered by basalt flows. The animals of tile vicinity presumably fled to the dune where a large number of fossilised prints of various animals are found against a steep slope.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
A five-sided which is marked by beacons, with the fossilised reptile footprints thereon
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
3483
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
727
Archive Status
National monument
Media
Media
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