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Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 - 12:20.
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Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The plaques have been removed as well as the steel wires around the brick columns.
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Monument Type
Description
Remembrance of a spot where the first bullet was shot that started the Mahikeng Siege Anglo Boer War.The monument was erected on 1974 by the National monument council to commemorate the event of the war that occurred in Kraaipan during the night of the 12/13 October 1899. The first encounter of the Anglo-Boer (South Africa) war took place at the foot of the South of the station.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Bricks
Event Commemorated
The 1800-1900 Anglo Boer War.
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Location
Location
Mapping
-26.302982, 25.295758
North West
- Ngaka Modiri Molema
- Ratlou
Directions to Site
From Mtata you use R61 the pass Ntlaza ,Port St John's and Lusikisiki and from Flagstaff then take holly cross route and there's a board written Ingquza hill Memorial site and drive till you see a wall written welcome to Ingquza hill museum.
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Free access to the public.
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