Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2829DD116
Site Name
Hattingsvlakte 2829DD19, 21 and 22, Hatting Vlakte 5865, Estcourt District
Site Category
Archaeological
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:33
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/409/0027
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Architectural features

Bibliography archive: Natal Museum Records: Recorded by T Maggs and team

Associated People
History of use
Use Period Use
Historical
Other: 'town planning'?!
Current
Archaeological site
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.847079, 29.780374
KwaZulu-Natal
  • Uthukela
  • Inkosi Langalibalele
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 5856
Erf/Farm Portion: RE
Directions to Site
On a small rocky hill, both on top and on its lowest slopes to the north and west.
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249798
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

One of the most extensive rock engraving sites in KwaZulu-Natal.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220655
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

The Hattingsvlakte rock engravings identified as numbers 2829DD19, 2929DD21 and 2829DD22, together with the piece of land above the 1095nmeter contour in a notherly, easterly and westerly direction and by the longitude 12:51:14S to the South, incom.
History: The engravings may represent settlements of three different periods of this millennium.
Numerous engravings of three different types; it is possible some engravings represent settlements dating to the early 2nd Mellenium AD,as there are settlements of this period in the vicinity:

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
16670
Notice Date
Notice Number
1441
Deeds Number
T9335/1969
Diagram Number
G5865/899
Archive Status
National monument
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