Sites

The site is comprised of an informal cemetery consisting of 16 graves and which is located directly south of a fence
which also represents the northern boundary of the study area. The cemetery is associated with a nearby settlement
which consists of a number of dwellings as well as a school. Thirteen of the graves from this cemetery have surface features consisting of oval and rectangular shaped stone dressings of which some have upright stones as headstones. Two of the graves from this cemetery have cement headstones with rectangular cement lined dressings while one grave has a rectangular granite lined dressing with a rectangular headstone on which the following details of the deceased are provided: Shorty Johannes Nkosi (11 January 1942 – 6 June 1995). Grave goods were observed on some of the graves. All the graves are orientated along the east-west axis in the Western/Christian tradition which signifies that they were buried in the last approximately 150 years. Furthermore, the general appearance of the cemetery indicates that it dates from the relatively recent past, an observation which is proven by the abovementioned date, the association of the cemetery with the nearby settlement where people still reside as well as the fact that the settlement is not depicted on the First Edition of the 2630CD Topographical sheet that was based on aerial photography undertaken in 1963 and was surveyed and drawn in 1971. This indicates that the settlement is at least younger than 42 years old and may even be younger than that. It is possible for graves of stillborn babies to be buried at the settlement. Site size: Approximately 100m x 100m.