Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2931AC14
Site Name
Ultimatum Tree, Farm Lot 5 2612, Lower Tugela District
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:33
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 20:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
A R100 refundable deposit fee is charged to gain access to the site. It is advisable to drive a truck to the site due to gravel road & potholes. Also advisable that visitors travel in groups as the place looks intimidating. The original ultimatum tree was damaged by floods & later on destroyed by the fire in 2004.Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Anglo-Zulu peopleRecorder Name: Nosisa Dlomo
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To show where the British crossing point into Zululand in the South was situated. It also marks as a point where & how the Anglo-Zulu war started.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
January 1879
Construction Materials
Stone, concrete
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
Commencement of the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879
Inscriptions
Fort Pearson was built on this knoll overlooking the Thukela River. It was built in January 1879 by marines from the ship HMS Active and named after Colonel Charles Knight Pearson, commander of the right flank column. Its task would be to protect the lower crossing of the Thukela, which would enable supplies and men to be ferried into Zululand and advance via Eshowe to Ulundi. The fort would once more be in use during the second invasion of Zululand, commencing in May 1879. On 11 December 1878 a delegation representing King Cetshwayo met a British delegation under a large Sycamore fig tree on the Southern bank of the Thukela River. An ultimatum threatening War was handed to the Zulu delegation. King Cetshwayo was unable to meet the conditions, in particular that he disband the Zulu military system, the framework which held the nation together. The Zulu nation consisted of a confederacy of clans unified by a military system established by King Shaka.
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by clinton.jackson on Friday, October 7, 2022 - 16:32.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recorders
Recording Media
Digital Photos
GPS
Primary?
Yes
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.216137, 31.43653
KwaZulu-Natal
- iLembe
- Mandeni
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 2612
Access details
It is accessible through Ezemvelo Wildlife reception inside the Harold Johnson Nature Reserve.
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
Site where ultimatum leading to the outbreak of the Anglo-Zulu War was delivered to Zulu King Cetswa
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
Situate on Crown Land in the County of Victoria, Province of Natal, as set out in Diagram S.G. No. 5
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
4448
Notice Date
Notice Number
2078
Diagram Number
S.G. No.5266/49, 25th January 1950
Archive Status
National monument
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
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