Sites

the remains occur in a highly disturbed and degraded context, are spread quite thinly over the surrounding environment, and occur mostly in the northern portion of the subject property (refer to Figure 2). It is interesting to note that the northern portion of the site has also recently been heavily ploughed, perhaps exposing more tools in the process.
The tools, mostly in rough and finer-grained, locally available quartzite, comprise large flakes, chunks, several flaked and split cobbles and cores, but a few formal tools, such as a cleaver and a large (broken) unifacial handaxe, were also counted.
Two MSA flakes and one core in fine-grained silcrete were also located, possibly sourced from the Stone Age silcrete quarry located nearby on the property. A number of tools have clearly been damaged and broken as a result of ploughing activities. A few unworked round quartzite cobbles were also noted in the surrounding fields. The archaeological heritage remains have been graded low local significance. Similar types of tools have been found in the immediate surrounding region and are not uncommon in the heavily ploughed wheat fields and grazing lands of the
Swartland (Kaplan 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005)
It is also very likely that large amounts of stone (and tools) have already been removed from the affected site, a common farming practice in the South Western Cape when preparing lands for ploughing and planting.