Application for destruction permit - remains of farmstead, Old Balgray Colliery, Dundee, KZN

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Application for destruction permit - remains of farmstead, Old Balgray Colliery, Dundee, KZN

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Status:

Closed (Approved)

HeritageAuthority(s):

Amafa

Case Type:

Permits

ProposalDescription:

Application for demolition of the existing remains of the farmhouse and farmstead structures (BALG 2) located on the Farm Craigside 2272, Old Balgray Colliery, Endumeni Local Municipality and the Umzinyati District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal Province.

Expanded_Motivation:

The remains of the farmstead structures at BALG 2 are located within the property of the Old Balgray Colliery, the main adit of which is in the process of refurbishment for proposed coal-mining activities. As a result, It is expected that the site will be destroyed during the Construction Phase of the proposed refurbishment project. The HIA report therefore recommended that the remains of the farmhouse and other farmstead structures at BALG 2 may be demolished but only after recommended mitigation measures had been undertaken. The mitigation work has been completed and the Mitigation Report has been submitted on SAHRIS (SAHRIS CaseID: 15484). The mitigation recording of the farmstead revealed that it is extremely poorly preserved. No tangible evidence for the farmhouse could be found, whereas the remaining structures are all in a very poor state of preservation. Additionally, the surface of extensive sections of the site appears to have been disturbed by earthmoving activities. This disturbance took place at an unknown time but may have resulted from the mining activities undertaken on the property during the 1960s. No evidence for archaeological or historical rubbish heaps or middens was identified during the mitigation fieldwork. See also Project Motivation (Annexure B)