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Corbelled House Complex, Konka, Carnarvon District

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Post date: 07/08/2012
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History: It appears that in the Karoo the first corbelled houses were built during the years 1825 - 1875. Th
Visual Description: Konka was built in three phases, first the rectangular hut, followed by the circular one, followed b
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Condition: Good
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Materials: Stone
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(James Walton Corbelled Houses of the Karreeberge 1960) Konka is situated in a sheltered hollow, about 16 miles from Carnarvon on the road to Zwart Kop. The old homestead, as it was in 1885, when the father of the present owner, Mr W JJ Le Roux came to K Bibliography archive:
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