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Post date: 26/06/2015
One suspected grave was discovered on the center of Ermelo to Majuba railway servitude at the 43km peg near Amersfoort in Mpumalanga Province. The suspected burial site is located near the position where one grave was removed in 2009
(see attached mitigation report). The suspected burial is marked by oval shaped stone piles and a large stone on the center of the suspected grave. Although it is not common burial practice to place a large boulder on the center of a grave, the form is very suspicious and qualifies to be a real grave. No grave goods were recorded on the surface. The orientation of the suspected grave could not be established because the site is slightly disturbed. The survey could not identify distinct headstones on the suspected grave. Remains of a stone structure were recorded outside the railway servitude near the
suspected burial site. From a heritage perspective it is safe to treat the site as a burial.