SiteRecordings

The site is located north east of R35 road adjacent to the old railway line in remainder of the farm Sterkspruit 508 I.The site is in the close proximity of the proposed railway line servitude 1,5m from the servitude fence. We concluded that the graves are at a high risk of destruction during the construction phase and therefore should be exhumed and relocated to a safer place. Basing on the information inscribed on one headstone and oral evidence from MsibiMagangeni a farm work who came at the farm in the 1950s we concluded that this cluster of graves may be regarded as archaeological graves thus they fall under SAHRA. Five graveswere identified fenced by a stone enclosure, there are marked by oval shaped stone packs One grave probably the oldest one has a broken inscribed headstone. The inscriptions are in the Dutch language and are not very visible, only the date 1881 is clearly visible; another grave at the site has a rose planted on top of it. The graves are arranged in rows and were numbered from 34, 35, 36, 38 and 39.