Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2824DC3
Site Name
Burgher Memorial, Magersfontein, Jacobsdal District
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, March 30, 2021 - 22:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Designer: Bosman and Smal
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Commemorates those who died of wounds at the Boer casualty station, those re-interred during the late 1920's and commemorated on the Memorial standing and those re-interred during the 1960's from areas within a radius of about 100km thereof
Original Position
Original Position
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
Date Unveiled: 1969
Construction Materials
Concrete
Granite
Marble
Event Commemorated
Anglo-Boer War
Unveiled Comment
Date Unveiled: 1969
Inscriptions
Burials at this monument have taken place on three different occasions. Those who died of wounds at the Boer casualty station, those re-interred during the late 1920's and commemorated on the Memorial standing and those re-interred during the 1960's from areas within a radius of about 100km thereof.
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Architectural features
Bibliography archive: Barbour, F "Magersfontein Monuments" No. 9
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.953519, 24.734454
Free State
- Xhariep
- Letsemeng
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 219
Access details
Only accessible through the permission of the Department of Sports and Arts and Culture
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
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The fenced site, with the Burgher Memorial thereon, situate on a portion of certain remaining portio
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
12214
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
2709
Archive Status
National monument
Media
Media
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