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2426DD/ Mining/ Farm De Paarl 246 KP/ Site DWA002

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Burial Ground

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Birkholtz, P., 2018. Proposed Prospecting right application for mineral commodities within the magisterial district of Bojanala, North West Province.

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Ethe.Mngceke

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Post date: 23/09/2020
Site Comments:
The site comprises a small burial ground consisting of four graves. Three of the graves belong to three generations of farm workers who worked on the farm De Paarl. The PGS Heritage fieldwork team was directed to the cemetery by the son of one of the individuals buried here, namely Mr. Banny Nqgoko. His father was buried there in 1980, his grandfather in 1949 and his great-grandfather at an unknown date. Two of the graves have concrete dressings and headstones while one is granite lined with a granite headstone. Approximately 15m south of the three graves, a single grave that seems to contains the remains of five individuals is located. Five loose headstones were found to be leaning against the grave dressing in question. It seems possible for the five original graves to have been exhumed and reburied in a single grave pit thereby allowing for only a single formal dressing to mark these graves. The reason for this exhumation and reburial is not presently known. These five graves may contain the remains of the farm owners. The oldest headstone from this component of the site was erected in 1928. The grave consists of a concrete dressing and granite headstone. Site extent: 30mx30m
 
 

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