SiteRecordings

This site comprises a small shelter with rock art located against a rocky ledge on the lower slopes of the hill on which site JNK 5 is situated. The rock shelter faces toward the south with views of the dry river bed and valley below. Only one panel comprising four images in red ochre could be identified. Furthermore, low densities of LSA lithics were found on the dripline of the rock shelter. An activity area where stone tools were manufactured in situ, was also recorded In the immediate surroundings of the rock shelter. During the field survey for an Archaeological Impact Assessment by (Webley & Halkett, 2010), two LSA lithics were identified on the same rocky ledge. These two lithics are located 93 m south-east of the rock shelter. Sites with engravings occur more commonly in the study region than painted sites (Collins 1973; Beaumont and Boshier 1974; Morris 1988; Pelser and Van Vollenhoven 2010; Webley and Halkett 2010a, 2010b; Orton 2014; Rossouw n.d). Nearby engraved localities include Beeshoek, Paling and Daniëlskuil. See Birkholz (2013, 2014) for more detail on the Beeshoek and Paling localities. The Jenkins painted site is therefore of particularly high significance. The site is not directly impacted by any of the proposed development footprints, but is located within the periphery of the blasting area surrounding the magazine and is also in proximity to the western boundary of the proposed pit. The site extends over an area roughly 50 m by 50 m.