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De Hel Provincial Heritage Site
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| Attachment | Size |
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 Prov-gaz 6969 23 March 2012.pdf | 1.67 MB |
| De Hel 2.pdf | 443.88 KB |
| De Hel 1.pdf | 345.61 KB |
ShortDescription:
FORMAL PROTECTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL FEATURES OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, STRUCTURES AND UNMARKED BURIALS, SITUATED ON ERVEN 843; 845; 846; 847; 849; 855; 857; 858; 872 ALSO KNOWN AS DE HEL, BELOW AND EAST OF CONSTANTIA NEK, BETWEEN CONSTANTIA MAIN ROAD AND SOUTHERN CROSS DRIVE, CONSTANTIA.
By virtue of the powers vested in Heritage Western Cape, as the provincial heritage resources authority for the province of the Western Cape, in terms of section 27 of the National Helitage Resources Act, Act no. 25 of 1999, archaeological and palaeontological sites, unmarked burials, the landscape and natural features of cultural significance and structures situated on or Erven 843; 845; 846; 847; 849; 855; 857; 858; 872 Constantia, known as De Hel, and as surveyed and reflected in the diagram S.G. 1806/2010 held at the offices of the Surveyor General and covering 830,4981 hectares in extent, are hereby formally protected under Section 27 of the Act bearing the provisions of Sections 34, 35 and 36 of the Act in mind.
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Significance
De Hel is a heritage site with historical and archaeological value and is a landscape of high cultural significance. The site is a surviving remnant of a natural forest in this region where the Dutch East India Company (VOC) had a woodcutter's post at Witte Boomen (Wittebome). The site has links to ancient cattle tracks established by Khoekhoe pastoralists. It also has archaeological heritage resources dating from this period and may have unmarked burials.
