Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2930CB238
    Site Name
    Old Voortrekker Road, World's View Road, Pietermaritzburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Recorders
    Primary?
    On
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    Layout and Preservation undertaken by City of Pietermaritzburg, National Monuments Council and Natal Voortrekker Monuments Committee
    Classifications
    Monument Type
    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Materials
    Stone and cement
    Pedestal Material
    Stone
    Inscriptions
    This road was used by the Voortrekkers and later by Pioneers and transport riders
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -29.584598, 30.332248
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • Umgungundlovu
      • uMngeni
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      World's View Road
      Pietermaritzburg
      Directions to Site
      Head up Boshoff Street onto Old Howick Road travell several km till out of town. Turn onto World's V
      Access details
      Easily accessible
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Historical - A portion of the historic Voortrekkers road to Natal is preserved here.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      An area, approximately 60 feet wide and 600 feet long, running in a south-easterly direction from th

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      2085
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      972
      Deeds Number
      Crown Grant 1687
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings