Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2926AA23
Site Name
Women's Memorial, Monument Road, Bloemfontein
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:31
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - 15:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The is a statue with an obeliskPurpose:
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To remember the woman and children who died in the concentrating camps
Original Position
Yes
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Designer
Construction Materials
Corrugated iron
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
Anglo Boer war
Date Unveiled
Inscriptions
The national monument is was resurrected in Memory of the 26370 woman and children who died in the concentration camp and to the other woman and children. The elders pertaining to the war in 1899-1902
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by bonga.mapundu on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 09:57.
Identifiers
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.141587, 26.208364
Free State
- Mangaung
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 1943
Monument Road
Bloemfontein
Monument Road
Bloemfontein
Access details
Freely accessible
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
This oblisk of 36,5 metres high was built of Kroonstad sandstone in memory of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died during the Anglo Boer War_x000D_
(1899 -1902). It was unveiled on 16 December 1913.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The property with the historic Vrouemonument thereon, being a certain portion of Erf 1943, Bloemfont
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
8389
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
2034
Archive Status
National monument
Media
Media
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