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Was used for Cattle, but ended being used to wait for enemies
In 1856 President Brand warned the Boer farmers to take steps to protect themselves and their livestock from the marauding black tribes.
A monument was erected and together with the Venter graves, the Skanskraal walls with their imposing gun windows, still stand as a grim reminder of that time in history.
The site has been declared a National Monument
Location
Location
- Lejweleputswa
- Matjhabeng
Management
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Date: 2021-11-10
Merge site recording with that of https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/skanskraal-monument
Action Status: Accepted
Site Action: InformationUpdate
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Grading
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Declarations
Declaration
The site, inclusive of the skanskraal and Voortrekker grave thereon, situate on a portion of the Remainder of the farm Kromfontein 209, in the Administrative District of Ventersburg, Province of the Orange Free State , being a national monument site, in extent 4 469 (four thousand four hundred and sixly-nine) square metres. which is described as the Figure ABCD on Surveyors Diagram SG 98/ 1987 . dated 31 March 1987, filed in the Office of the Surveyor General in Bloemfontein and on File 4/0/Ven/1 in the Office of the National Monuments Council in Cape Town.
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