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Post date: 11/11/2015
Alternate Code & Name: Site 26
The site comprises a stone shed located on Portion 3 of the farm Platterug 303 owned by Dr D Raubenheimer. The shed is located approximately 65 meters north-west of the homestead discussed in Site 25. The stone shed is square in shape and has a pitched corrugated roof. The door is located on the shed’s eastern side and it has a wooden doorframe. The shed has a window on the northern side, which is boxed up. The shed is constructed from local stone and sand. A structured overhang on the northern side of the stone shed was added at a much later date. According to local oral history, Voortrekkerl leader Karel Landman slept in this shed on a number of occasions en route per ox wagon from Port Elizabeth to his farm Melkhoutboom (Raubenheimer, pers. comm.). During the Great Trek, Kommandant Karel Landman was the second in command at the Battle of Blood River. A monument to memorialise his life was erected near Alexandria in 1939.