Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
ETH/NAMM/0053
Inventory Number
3030CB57
Site Name
Dick King's Ride Marker, Renolds Street, Port Shepstone
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Sunday, February 7, 2021 - 17:32
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Sunday, February 7, 2021 - 17:32.
Identifiers
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To commemorate the historical event of Dick King traveling from northern KZN along the coast, through Port Natal to Grahamstown.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Sandstone bricks
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
An illegal trip that he made during colonial times in the history of KwaZulu-Natal
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Honourable C.Heaton Nicholls
Inscriptions
This monument commemorate Dick King, for traveling through Port Natal to Grahamstown between May 26 to June 4 1842
Location
Location
Mapping
-30.736489, 30.448714
KwaZulu-Natal
- Ugu
- Ray Nkonyeni
Directions to Site
At the corner of a cross road street. At the back of the plaque its the farwall square park. And in the front its opposite CCMA building on its left on Anton Lembedestreet, on its right Richfield which is on Dorothy Nyembe street. Institution on the far front you can see Absa building.
Access details
Public Accessible