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SiteReference: 

9/2/072/0002
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9/2/072/0002 - 17/05/2007

Author: 

siyasanga.mhlekude

Post date: 

23/12/2014

RecordingDate: 

17/05/2007 - 07:48

PrimaryRecording?: 

Yes

Heritage Reports: 

AIA_Road_Alignments_Piketberg_Orton_J_May07

CommonName: 

MR534/3

Recorders: 

Jayson Orton

SiteComments: 

This site is a national monument. This site commemorates the point on which a beacon was built for the purposes of calculating the radius of the earth. Originally the Abbe Nicolas de la Caille of France attempted the measurement in 1753, although with incorrect results. Sir Thomas Maclear then conducted further work between 1838 and 1847 to establish the real measurement (Anon. 2002).

The memorial reflects the establishment of a beacon on the site by Maclear in 1838. The inscription accompanying the monument reads as follows:
"This is the site of the Maclear Beacon positioned in 1838 near the original North Terminal of the Arc of Meridion positioned by Abbe de la Caille, the first surveyor to introduce Geodetic Surveying to South Africa."

A variety of late 18th and early 19th century buildings are also present in the immediate vicinity with part of a stone building being immediately alongside the edge of the road.

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