Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC26/NAMM/0021
Inventory Number
2830BC155
Site Name
Memorial to Zulu Warriors, Rorke's Drift Museum, Dundee
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 21:03
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 21:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
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Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The memorial is to the Zulu warriors who died in the Battle of Rorke's Drift at Isandlwana on the 22nd and 23rd January 1879
Original Position
Original Positioned
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Designer
Construction Materials
Bronze
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Bronze
Event Commemorated
Battle of Isandlwana
Inscriptions
This bronze memorial,sculped by Peter Hall commissioned in 2005. It depicts a leopard representing thr Zuly monarch, protectivrly covering the shileds of the fallen zilu warriors.The tree in the center of the memorial is an mphafa,or umhlantraditionally inally planted on the graves of the royal family, and also used to bring home the sipirit of a person who had died far from home, as did most of the warriors who perished in the battle
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.357606, 30.536982
KwaZulu-Natal
- Umzinyathi
- Msinga
Directions to Site
From Makhosini station R34 travel 7 km to R66 take left to uLundi and drive about 3 km to Makhosini ophathe resort take right go through with a Gravel road to Ophathe game reserve Gate
Access details
Accessible to the public at the Rorke's Drift Museum
Media
Media
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